Scientists Think The Coronavirus Transmitted Naturally, Not In A Lab. Here's Why.

Published: May 6, 2020, 8 a.m.

b'The Trump administration has advanced the theory the coronavirus began as a lab accident, but scientists who research bat-borne coronaviruses disagree. Speaking with NPR, ten virologists and epidemiologists say the far more likely culprit is zoonotic spillover\\u2060\\u2014transmission of the virus between animals and humans in nature. We explain how zoonotic spillover works and why it\'s more plausible than a lab accident.

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