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Washington: A year ago Donald McNeil was certain: the coronavirus emerged by migrating naturally from animals to humans. At the time McNeil was leading The New York Times ′ coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. A veteran reporter specialising in infectious diseases, McNeil’s contacts included many of the world’s top epidemiologists and scientists – including renowned government expert Anthony Fauci. The Wuhan Institute of Virology, where some believe coronavirus originated. Credit: AP In April 2020, after consulting an array of sources, McNeil finished a 4000-word article with the provisional headline “New Coronavirus Is ‘Clearly Not a Lab Leak,’ Scientists Say.” It...
