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- A Proposed Origin for SARS-CoV-2 and the Covid-19 Pandemic https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a-proposed-origin-for-sars-cov-2-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ 6 comments
- Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response https://apnews.com/article/anthony-fauci-covid-congress-house-republicans-7ad4577a450bca1232a60b32a73ec944 130 comments politics
- Why US Republicans are so focused on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/27/world/meanwhile-in-america-june-25-intl/index.html 4 comments politics
- Why US Republicans are so focused on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/27/world/meanwhile-in-america-june-25-intl/index.html 181 comments politics
- Wuhan seafood market probably wasn't origin of coronavirus pandemic, Chinese scientists say https://www.newsweek.com/wuhan-seafood-market-probably-wasnt-origin-coronavirus-pandemic-chinese-scientists-say-1507306 34 comments worldnews
- Senate committee to investigate origin of, response to coronavirus pandemic https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492633-senate-committee-to-investigate-origin-of-response-to-coronavirus-pandemic 9 comments politics
- WHO report into COVID pandemic origins zeroes in on animal markets, not labs https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00865-8 38 comments science
- China Peddles Falsehoods to Obscure Origin of Covid Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/world/asia/china-covid-origin-falsehoods.html 8 comments worldnews
- COVID-19: genetic network analysis provides ‘snapshot’ of pandemic origins https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/covid-19-genetic-network-analysis-provides-snapshot-of-pandemic-origins 14 comments science
- Cambridge: COVID-19 genetic network analysis provides ‘snapshot’ of pandemic origins https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/covid-19-genetic-network-analysis-provides-snapshot-of-pandemic-origins 11 comments worldnews
- German Intelligence Agency BND believes in Laboratory Accident as the Origin of the COVID Pandemic https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/corona-bnd-china-li.3217853 49 comments europe
- WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/china/who-china-covid-origin-data-five-years-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app 261 comments worldnews
- China Has a Whole New Conspiracy Theory About the Origins of Coronavirus - Beijing is signaling it will block a global investigation into how the pandemic began. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gg5j/china-has-a-whole-new-conspiracy-theory-about-the-origins-of-coronavirus 10 comments worldnews
- How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe - Spate of arson attacks on cell towers fueled by disinformation over pandemic origins. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/how-a-5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-spread-across-europe/ 14 comments technology
- How a 5G coronavirus conspiracy spread across Europe - Spate of arson attacks on cell towers fueled by disinformation over pandemic origins. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/how-a-5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-spread-across-europe/ 5 comments technews
- China says Spain is reponsible for the Virus as WHO searches for COVID-19 origins - Chinese officials have insisted that any investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic should not be confined just to China and point to Spain as an alternative https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/07/04/china-says-spain-is-reponsible-for-the-virus-as-who-searches-for-covid-19-origins/#.xwctei2z2jt 100 comments europe
- China says Spain is reponsible for the Virus as WHO searches for COVID-19 origins - Chinese officials have insisted that any investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic should not be confined just to China and point to Spain as an alternative https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/07/04/china-says-spain-is-reponsible-for-the-virus-as-who-searches-for-covid-19-origins/#.xwctei2z2jt 60 comments worldnews
- The Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty. Scientists almost never say they’re sure, and it could take years to pin down the pandemic's origins. Until then: People are trying to scare you. https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-lab-leak-theory-weaponized-uncertainty/?bxid=5be9d9b624c17c6adf406da2&cndid=24401402&esrc=bouncexmulti&mbid=mbid%3Dcrmwir012019%0A%0A&source=edt_wir_newsletter_0_daily_zz&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=wir_daily_052821&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list1_p4 196 comments politics
- More Infectious Covid-19 Mutant Replaces Original Strain to Dominate World; How Will Pandemic End? https://www.ibtimes.sg/more-infectious-covid-19-mutant-replaces-original-strain-dominate-world-how-will-pandemic-end-53334 16 comments worldnews
- Russia’s state-backed media among Europe’s press using coronavirus to spin anti-Western views - Some newspapers are portraying responses to the pandemic as incompetent and pushing conspiracy theories about the origins of Covid-19 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-russia-italy-europe-press-media-coverage-a9462196.html 11 comments worldnews
- Eighteen scientists from some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions are urging their colleagues to dig deeper into the origins of the coronavirus responsible for the global pandemic. https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-05-13/did-coronavirus-escape-from-lab-scientists-urge-second-look 7 comments science
- China’s Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated relaxes restrictions as the epidemic there eases, but other regions will tighten controls as new cases double https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/hubei-relaxes-restrictions-as-chinas-new-coronavirus-infections-double-iduskbn21b01x 4 comments worldnews
- China Will Bar International Investigators Until ‘Final Victory’ Over Pandemic Is Achieved; China’s ambassador to the UN revealed that Beijing will block international investigators from examining the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus until “final victory” over the pandemic has been achieved https://news.yahoo.com/china-bar-international-investigators-until-171104485.html 12 comments worldnews
- China deleted early coronavirus data that could help explain pandemic origins, researcher finds https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/china-deleted-early-coronavirus-data-could-help-explain-pandemic/ 33 comments worldnews
- China deleted early coronavirus data that could help explain pandemic origins, researcher finds https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/china-deleted-early-coronavirus-data-could-help-explain-pandemic/ 27 comments politics
- The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that originated in China has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives in the United States, while a different sort of pandemic is spreading online against Asian Americans, particularly of Chinese descent. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/f-crb060420.php 6 comments science
- Natural spillover or research lab leak? Why a credible investigation is needed to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://thebulletin.org/2020/05/natural-spillover-or-research-lab-leak-why-a-credible-investigation-in-needed-to-determine-the-origin-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ 4 comments worldnews
- Shi Zhengli, a renowned researcher of bat coronaviruses, wrote on WeChat she and her family had not fled country, despite coming under heavy scrutiny amid concerns that virus responsible for Covid-19 pandemic originated at Wuhan Institute of Virology in central China where she works. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3082591/chinese-virologist-centre-coronavirus-came-laboratory-claim 9 comments worldnews
- Evidence points to the Chinese wet markets as the origins of the coronavirus. The ongoing problem with the wet markets and their impact in the SARS outbreak, COVID19 pandemic and more to come https://www.vox.com/videos/2020/3/6/21168006/coronavirus-covid19-china-pandemic 89 comments worldnews
- New research has found that racial resentment plays a strong role in leading Americans to express confidence in misinformed beliefs about policy issues associated with race or evaluated through racial lenses—such as human-caused climate change or the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970376 29 comments science
- Researchers found that over 90% of people who use online delivery services would likely revert back to their original way of shopping. While the number of users for grocery deliveries increased by 113% during Covid, almost half of these new adopters would not continue to use it once pandemic is over https://news.rpi.edu/content/2022/02/02/increase-home-delivery-service-usage-during-covid-19-pandemic-unlikely-last 90 comments science
- Although the exact origins of the COVID-19 pandemic aren't clear, most researchers estimate the virus made the jump from bats to pangolins before infecting humans. Now, scientists worry the virus could make the jump from humans back into wild animal populations. https://www.upi.com/science_news/2020/10/09/scientists-warn-of-human-to-wildlife-covid-19-transmission-risk/1261602257138/ 15 comments worldnews
- A new study from Penn State estimates that the number of early COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have been more than 80 times greater and doubled nearly twice as fast as originally believed. Findings suggest an alternative way of thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic. https://news.psu.edu/story/623797/2020/06/22/research/initial-covid-19-infection-rate-may-be-80-times-greater-originally 2077 comments science
- India backs 62-nation coalition that wants probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response; India has backed calls to identify how the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted from animals to humans and conduct an impartial evaluation of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-wants-covid-19-origin-probed-seeks-impartial-review-of-who-response/story-nw3ir6vdpywawlys5bovgo.html 9 comments worldnews
- Group of prominent Chinese Canadians issued statement denouncing anti-Asian hate crimes amid pandemic, saying anger at Chinese government being “misdirected” at innocent people of Chinese descent...also called for Canada’s government to support independent investigation into origins of Covid-19. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3083228/covid-19-scapegoats-chinese-canadian-group-denounces-anti-asian-hate 209 comments worldnews
- Pressure grows on China for independent investigation into pandemic’s origins; China is facing growing pressure from national governments and international organizations to open its doors to an independent, international investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/pressure-grows-china-independent-investigation-pandemic-s-origins# 8 comments worldnews
- Study points to evidence of stray dogs as possible origin of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Biologist, tracing coronavirus signatures across different species, has proposed that stray dogs—-specifically dog intestines—- may have been the origin of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msaa094/5819559 39 comments science
- Study points to evidence of stray dogs as possible origin of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Biologist, tracing coronavirus signatures across different species, has proposed that stray dogs—-specifically dog intestines—- may have been the origin of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msaa094/5819559 5 comments science
- COVID-19: genetic network analysis provides ‘snapshot’ of pandemic origins - Researchers from Cambridge, UK, and Germany have reconstructed the early “evolutionary paths” of COVID-19 in humans – as infection spread from Wuhan out to Europe and North America – using genetic network techniques https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/covid-19-genetic-network-analysis-provides-snapshot-of-pandemic-origins 6 comments science
- Microsoft has corrected a misleading statement about its cloud services growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The company originally said cloud services demand had increased by 775 percent. This was actually limited to Microsoft Teams calling in Italy https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1244908500091842560?s=19 3 comments microsoft