Here's why COVID didn't come from a Chinese laboratory

The new research ‘virtually eliminates’ other theories, the researchers say (Getty) Ever since the dawn of the pandemic, rumours have swirled that the source of the virus was a lab leak – either of a manufactured bio-weapon, or of a natural virus . But a new study has traced the start of the pandemic, and concluded that live animals sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were the source of the virus . The market saw foxes, raccoon dogs and other live mammals susceptible to the virus on sale immediately before the pandemic began. Two papers on the research were…