Many experts have rejected that theory as unlikely.
Ex-CDC director believes COVID-19 escaped from a lab, but cites no evidence : Read more
Ex-CDC director believes COVID-19 escaped from a lab, but cites no evidence : Read more
I completely agree with Raywood. This article was offensive in its stupidity. Where is the scientific method? Do not publish any article that "Cites no evidence" or change the name of your publication from LiveScience to LiveNonsense. How dare you waste my time with obvious clickbait! GRADE F for lack of journalistic standards.More politicized "science" news from LiveScience. "Cites no evidence" is like a mantra intoned by people who are trying to put themselves to sleep. The article doesn't even bother to express whether Redfield was invited but unable to present evidence in the presumably compressed CNN interview.
The first point of evidence is the extraordinary coincidence that the virus originated in one of the few places on Earth where people study exactly that sort of virus. The article betrays no awareness of gain-of-function research. Nor is there any acknowledgement that China has done everything possible to conceal or eliminate evidence and prevent independent study.
This was an article written by someone who knew what she wanted to believe before she even started. That's not science. That's the worst kind of journalism.