The pangolin’s revenge

Sars-CoV-2 did not emerge from a lab but from wildlife exploitation

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ID15289728
AuthorsRoberto Cazzolla Gatti (0000-0001-5130-8492, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue2
Pages79-82
Publication date2020-07-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0940-5550 • E-ISSN: 2625-5413
PublisherOekom Verlag GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.14512/gaia.29.2.3
OpenAlexW3044512207
LanguageEN
Citations received5

In recent weeks, news has spread that the current coronavirus is the result of something created in a laboratory that then escaped control. This concern also stems from news reporting that back in 2015 experiments were already being carried out in China to create a recombinant SARS-derived coronavirus. Unfortunately, such news finds fertile ground on social media and, especially in pandemic periods, fosters conspiracies and paranoia. This time, however, the news was spread by some authoritative sources. Here I explain how I found out convincing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 did not emerge from a lab but from wildlife exploitation

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