Fits and starts: SARS-CoV-2s origin

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 9:53 a.m.

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In the end, the World Health Organisation\\u2019s report in March revealed little. We ask why the coronavirus origin story is so crucial, and whether China will ever let it be told. Britain\\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will struggle to square his current green promises with his past love\\u2014and his party\\u2019s\\u2014of cars. And the forgotten cooks in fried chicken\\u2019s history.

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