Top Scientist Says Lab Origin for COVID-19 Possible

Ralph Baric, who worked with Chinese scientists, says it’s possible SARS-CoV-2 came from a laboratory in Wuhan.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) infected with a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (pink), isolated from a patient sample. NIAID via The Epoch Times

A top scientist said in newly disclosed testimony that a lab origin for the virus that causes COVID-19 is possible, citing how Chinese scientists operated in less-than-ideal conditions.

“You can’t rule that out,” Ralph Baric, a University of North Carolina professor and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, said in the testimony.