Nonetheless, two thirds of the American public, independent of political affiliation, believe that SARS-CoV-2 virus leaked from a Wuhan laboratory. The Wuhan lab was researching how to make bat coronaviruses more infectious. Although the Wuhan lab studied coronaviruses, there’s not the slightest evidence that those viruses could be precursors to those causing covid. The Wuhan lab worked under insufficiently strict biohazard conditions. Two different lineages of SARS-CoV-2 virus were detected early in the outbreak.

Source: New York Times July 01, 2024 18:16 UTC