Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories - but the researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence
* Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter
* It was published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge
* Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories
* The researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence
* The letter reads that 'yet more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic'
Researchers at a number of top universities have penned a letter saying theories that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab 'remain viable' and called for further studies to investigate the origins of the virus.
Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge.
Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories - but the researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence.
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WNU Editor: The letter that they published is here .... Investigate the origins of COVID-19 (Science Magazine).
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