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Katherine Eban is an investigative journalist and contributor to\xa0Vanity Fair. Her latest article is\xa0\u201dThe Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19\u2019s Origins.\u201d\u201dYou can't make a correction unless you know why something happened. So imagine\u2014if this is a lab leak\u2014the earth shattering consequences for virology. For the science community, for how research is done, for how research is regulated. Or if it is a zoonotic origin, we have to know how our human incursion into wild spaces could be unleashing these viruses. Because COVID-19 is one thing, but we're going to be looking at COVID-25 and COVID-34. We have to know what caused this.\u201d\n\nThanks to\xa0Mailchimp\xa0for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@KatherineEban\nkatherineeban.com\nEban on Longform\nEban on Longform Podcast\n00:00\xa0Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom\xa0(Ecco \u2022 2019)\n00:00\xa0"The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19\u2019s Origins"\xa0(Vanity Fair \u2022 Jun 2021)\n01:00\xa0Nicholson Baker on Longform Podcast\n01:00\xa0"The Lab-Leak Hypothesis"\xa0(Nicholson Baker \u2022 New York Magazine \u2022 Jan 2021)\n03:00\xa0"The Plague Fighters: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before It Begins "\xa0(Evan Ratliff \u2022 Wired \u2022 Apr 2007)\n12:00\xa0@TheSeeker268\n14:00\xa0Eban's\xa0Vanity Fair\xa0archive\n16:00\xa0Eban\u2019s Twitter thread\n26:00\xa0Alina Chan on Twitter\n32:00\xa0"Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19"\xa0(Peter Daszak and many others \u2022 The Lancet \u2022 Feb 2020)\n34:00\xa0"Origin of Covid \u2014 Following the Clues"\xa0(Nicholas Wade \u2022 Medium \u2022 May 2021)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices