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In this Brownstone Institute article, Pat Fidopiastis argues that the WHO-backed dismissal of the SARS-CoV-2 lab-leak theory ignores too many scientific and circumstantial red flags.
- Fidopiastis criticizes a recent paper from members of the WHO’s Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens, which concluded there was no evidence that experimental manipulation was more likely than natural emergence.
- The article argues that the WHO’s credibility on Covid origins was compromised early by its deference to China and by the inclusion of EcoHealth Alliance’s Peter Daszak on an investigative team.
- A central claim is that SARS-CoV-2’s furin cleavage site is highly unusual among its closest known coronavirus relatives and appears unusually adapted for human infection.
- Fidopiastis says natural explanations such as random replication error or recombination require a chain of improbable events, especially given the specific genetic placement and codon usage involved.
- The author contrasts the “wet market” explanation with the proximity of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where researchers were already studying and modifying bat coronaviruses.
- The article highlights the DARPA DEFUSE proposal, which included language about introducing human-specific cleavage sites into SARS-related coronaviruses, as a major reason the lab-origin theory should not be dismissed.
- Fidopiastis rejects narrow institutional definitions of “gain-of-function” research, arguing that they obscure the real-world risks of manipulating viruses to test infectivity.
- The piece frames the lab-leak hypothesis as the simpler and more plausible explanation, while portraying the natural-origin theory as dependent on multiple unlikely coincidences.
- The broader implication is that public health authorities and research institutions have too much incentive to deny or minimize the possibility that risky virology research contributed to the pandemic.
Read the full story: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-who-denies-the-lab-leak/
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