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The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence.
- Alwine, James;
- Goodrum, Felicia;
- Banfield, Bruce;
- Bloom, David;
- Britt, William J;
- Broadbent, Andrew J;
- Campos, Samuel K;
- Casadevall, Arturo;
- Chan, Gary C;
- Cliffe, Anna R;
- Dermody, Terence;
- Duprex, Paul;
- Enquist, Lynn W;
- Frueh, Klaus;
- Geballe, Adam P;
- Gaglia, Marta;
- Goldstein, Stephen;
- Greninger, Alexander L;
- Gronvall, Gigi Kwick;
- Jung, Jae U;
- Kamil, Jeremy P;
- Lakdawala, Seema;
- Liu, Shan-Lu;
- Luftig, Micah;
- Moore, John P;
- Moscona, Anne;
- Neuman, Benjamin W;
- Nikolich, Janko Ž;
- O'Connor, Christine;
- Pekosz, Andrew;
- Permar, Sallie;
- Pfeiffer, Julie;
- Purdy, John;
- Rasmussen, Angela;
- Semler, Bert;
- Smith, Gregory A;
- Stein, David A;
- Van Doorslaer, Koenraad;
- Weller, Sandra K;
- Whelan, Sean PJ;
- Yurochko, Andrew
- Editor(s): Walsh, Derek
- et al.
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https://journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.1128/jvi.01240-24No data is associated with this publication.
Abstract
Science is humanity's best insurance against threats from nature, but it is a fragile enterprise that must be nourished and protected. The preponderance of scientific evidence indicates a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2. Yet, the theory that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in and escaped from a lab dominates media attention, even in the absence of strong evidence. We discuss how the resulting anti-science movement puts the research community, scientific research, and pandemic preparedness at risk.
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