Divisive COVID 'lab leak' debate prompts dire warnings from researchers

Doi: https: //doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01383-3

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This is where the origin of SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19? This is a text in which a scientist argues that the question "Where did SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19 originate?" has led to whispered claims that they originated in Chinese laboratories, and that these things have increased cooperation between countries and online bullying.

Some scientists have previously argued against the "lab leak" hypothesis that the coronavirus caused the pandemic, arguing that thorough independent investigation is needed, but it is stated that the instability of the debate may hinder the investigation of the virus' origin.

It warns that tensions between the U.S. and China are actually worsening over the lab leak hypothesis due to the growing determination and demand for ways to contain pandemics and prepare for future health emergencies, and it also says it worries that the rhetoric over the leak allegations is leading to online bullying of scientists in the U.S., harassment of Asians, and antagonism from Chinese researchers and authorities who really need to cooperate.

The debate over the lab leak hypothesis led the WHO study to conclude that "animal origins are far more likely than laboratory leaks.

Since then, many have raised unsubstantiated claims linking the origin of COVID-19 to a coronavirus at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

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In this text, instead of spending our efforts on increasing the conflict and bullying over the origin theory, don't we need to take measures against the expected pandemic in the future? It was written.