[Jonathan H. Adler] Scientists Urge Investigation of Theory COVID-19 Escaped from a Lab In Wuhan


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Jonathan H. Adler | 5.13.2021 3:50 PM Did COVID-19 originate in a lab? This suggestion is not confined to conspiracy theories–at least not anymore. National Review 's Jim Geraghty has been documenting evidence for such theories for months, noting that the lab-escape theory does not mean that COVID-19 was invented or augmented by researchers. It is equally (if not more) plausible that it was the subject of research in a lab before its eventual escape. A long essay by former NYT reporter Nicholas Wade has fostered greater discussion of the lab-escape, as Reason 's Ronald Bailey noted here . Now...