- The World Health Organization (WHO) says the novel coronavirus came from animals, and there’s no evidence of lab manipulation.
- Some conspiracy theories claim COVID-19 was either engineered by humans or escaped a research lab in Wuhan.
- Scientists have already demonstrated there’s no similarity between the new virus and any other known virus that could prove the virus had been crafted in a lab.
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From the early days of the novel coronavirus outbreak, some people went straight to conspiracy theories in their attempts to explain the potentially deadly new virus. At the same time, researchers studied the virus closely and were able to quickly map its genetic sequence and allow others to start vaccine research faster than ever. Other doctors looked at the SARS-CoV-2 genome for answers and concluded there was no way that the virus could have been engineered in a lab. They came to that conclusion by comparing the novel virus to other strains of known viruses. Yet some people can’t shut up about COVID-19 having been engineered in a laboratory.
All the evidence dismisses the possibility of the new virus having been manmade, and we’ve explained the latest developments on the matter. Now, the WHO also says the virus originated in an animal, and there are no signs whatsoever of lab manipulation.
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WHO says it knows the origin of the novel coronavirus originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 09:54:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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