Time for Free and Open Debate on the Origin of COVID

The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on April 17, 2020. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

It increasingly seems that COVID-19 was engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. It’s not just that the virus’s “furin cleavage site” doesn’t match potential natural precursors. It’s that we now know of discussions among scientists, including some connected to the Wuhan lab, about precisely such experiments. Surely it is worth discussing.