The origin of the Covid pandemic remains undiscovered
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Origin unknown
Nearly two years after the COVID-19 epidemic began, the source of the virus that is wreaking havoc on the planet remains unknown.
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Bats to humans
Most experts assume it arose in the wild and spread from bats to humans, either directly or indirectly.
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What scientists say
A increasing number of scientists is attempting to maintain the focus on the more realistic "zoonotic," or animal-to-human, idea, in the hopes that what is learnt can aid civilization in fending off new viruses and variants.
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Lab-leak hypothesis
"The lab-leak hypothesis gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter," said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, "but there's no indication that this virus was in a lab."
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Influence of China
Last year, an Associated Press investigation discovered that the Chinese government was tightly monitoring all study into COVID-19's origins and supporting fringe hypotheses that the virus could have originated outside of China.