We spoke to a clinical pathologist and the assistant director of the clinical virology lab at University of Washington Medical Center. The topic this week is the lab leak hypothesis - which has recently seen a revival in public discussion.

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SOURCES:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01529-3

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6543/694.1

https://yurideigin.medium.com/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-through-the-lens-of-gain-of-function-research-f96dd7413748

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-man-made-491053

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_the_origin_of_COVID-19

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/09/alina-chan-broad-institute-coronavirus/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-epidemic-draws-scrutiny-to-labs-handling-deadly-pathogens-11583349777

https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-wet-market.html

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https://leelabvirus.host/covid19/origins-part3

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https://www.newsweek.com/controversial-wuhan-lab-experiments-that-may-have-started-coronavirus-pandemic-1500503