Time for Free and Open Debate on the Origin of COVID

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
John Robson
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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.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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