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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Frutos, Roger, Javelle, Emilie, Barberot, Celine, Gavotte, Laurent, Tissot-Dupont, Herve, Devaux, Christian
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Elsevier
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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