Origin of COVID-19: dismissing the Mojiang mine theory and the laboratory accident narrative
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still the subject of a controversial debate. The natural origin theory is confronted to the laboratory leak theory. The latter is composite and comprises contradictory theories, one being the leak of a naturally occurring virus and the other the leak of a genetically engineered virus. The laboratory leak theory is essentially based on a publication by Rahalkar and Bahulikar in 2020 linking SARS-CoV-2 to the Mojiang mine incident in 2012 during which six miners fell sick and three died. We analyzed the clinical reports. The diagnosis is not that of COVID-19 or SARS. SARS-CoV-2 was not present in the Mojiang mine. We also bring arguments against the laboratory leak narrative.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Elsevier
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| Subjects: | coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère, covid-19, provenance, génie génétique, industrie minière, accidents, virologie, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_365a18ab, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4ad07701, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16022, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15974, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49983, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4121d8d0, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8259, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1556, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/605349/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/605349/1/Lab%20leak%20published.pdf |
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| Summary: | The origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still the subject of a controversial debate. The natural origin theory is confronted to the laboratory leak theory. The latter is composite and comprises contradictory theories, one being the leak of a naturally occurring virus and the other the leak of a genetically engineered virus. The laboratory leak theory is essentially based on a publication by Rahalkar and Bahulikar in 2020 linking SARS-CoV-2 to the Mojiang mine incident in 2012 during which six miners fell sick and three died. We analyzed the clinical reports. The diagnosis is not that of COVID-19 or SARS. SARS-CoV-2 was not present in the Mojiang mine. We also bring arguments against the laboratory leak narrative. |
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