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- A recent study promoted by a former director of MI6 claimed that the coronavirus pandemic's real origin is a Wuhan lab, but virologists say the research is flawed and misleading.
- Experts have categorically opposed the premise that the virus was created by man, saying that all available evidence indicates the virus evolved from animals naturally before jumping to humans.
- The controversial study claimed that none of the current vaccines will work against the virus, aside from one made by a company that was involved in the research. However, several vaccine candidates already proved they can neutralize the virus.
One of the worst side effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is the emergence of COVID-19 myths and conspiracy theories that spread like wildfire on social media. Some of these tidbits detail unverified therapies, like bleach. Others falsely link 5G connectivity with the spread of coronavirus infections. The worst ones concern the emergence of the virus, promoting conspiracy theories that say the virus was engineered in a lab or that it escaped from a Wuhan research facility. There are even crazy conspiracy theories that combine other unproven theories. The fact that China is still unwilling or unable to explain when the pandemic actually started further fuels such theories.
Scientists widely agree that the new virus appeared naturally, as the pathogen evolved in animals until it was able to infect the first human host. The intelligence community agrees with this take. But we have at least one major exception from both fields. A former MI6 director said a few days ago that he believes a study from Norwegian and British researchers claiming that SARS-CoV-2 was created in a Chinese lab. We’ve already pointed out the various problems with these claims in our previous coverage. Now, it turns out that virologists who looked at the research have already debunked it.
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