Podcasts Health Straight Talk MD The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 1: Overview

The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 1: Overview

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 8:47 a.m.

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Knowing how a pandemic started is the key to stopping the next one. Understanding where the virus causing COVID-19 originated and how it entered the human reservoir will help prevent a similar pandemic in the future.

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SARS Coronavirus-2 first appeared in Wuhan, China in November 2019. There are two competing theories to explain where this virus came from and how it entered the human reservoir. One theory is a natural \\u201cspillover\\u201d event. The second is the Wuhan Institute of Virology \\u201clab leak\\u201d theory. \\xa0Both are possible. Both are based on circumstantial evidence.

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This episode presents an overview of the evidence accumulated since our May 2020 episode, \\u201cThe Enemy Appears.\\u201d \\xa0In the 20 months since then, much evidence has accumulated on the origin of COVID-19. Unfortunately, it all points to the \\u201clab leak\\u201d hypothesis.

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