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The COVID lab leak theory is still probably wrong

Based on the recent ravings of such virological giants as John Stewart and Donald Trump, a casual observer might think critical evidence had emerged to support the notion that the novel coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab.

What has dawned is a collective realization that the possibility of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s involvement hasn’t been thoroughly disproved nor the probability of a spillover conclusively proved.