British intelligence operatives now believe it is 'feasible' the coronavirus pandemic began with a leak from a research laboratory in Wuhan. Scientists who had called for an inquiry into the lab leak theory say they have been silenced by colleagues and journals over the past year. Which brings us back to the lab leak theory. (That, together with President Trump's endorsement of a lab leak as a source of 'the Chinese virus' riled many Left-leaning academics.) Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health in Washington DC, is among many who continue to dismiss the lab leak idea.

Source: Daily Mail May 30, 2021 06:53 UTC