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"In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens
(SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health
Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID.
The report concluded that although we don’t know conclusively where the virus
that caused the pandemic came from:
a zoonotic origin with spillover from animals to humans is currently
considered the best supported hypothesis.
SAGO did not find scientific evidence to support “a deliberate manipulation of
the virus in a laboratory and subsequent biosafety breach”.
This follows a series of reports and research papers since the early days of
the pandemic that have reached similar conclusions: COVID most likely emerged
from an infected animal at the Huanan market in Wuhan, and was not the result
of a lab leak.
But conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins persist. And this is hampering
our ability to prevent the next pandemic."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
