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Chinese media outlets have suggested that a 2019 shipment of Maine lobster was a “Pandora’s box” that unleashed the global COVID-19 pandemic. That claim comes after cooperation broke down over the summer between Chinese officials and World Health Organization investigators, who said the window for discovering the origins of the virus is “ closing fast .” Earlier this year, WHO scientists concluded that the virus likely jumped from an animal to a human and ruled the possibility of a laboratory leak as “ extremely unlikely .” The Chinese government has attempted to deflect criticism over its response to the initial...
