![]() ![]() Then this hypothesis emerged about the idea it could have leaked from a lab that's doing research on bat viruses, the stuff of science fiction - unlikely, but possible. There's some signs that suggest that, but there's nothing conclusive. Early on, reporting suggested that it came from a wet market where these wild farmed animals were being slaughtered in Wuhan, China. I talked to NPR's media correspondent David Folkenflik about why so many media organizations dismissed the idea that the virus could have leaked from a lab.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: When you have an outbreak of a pandemic, science reporters see themselves as serving a public health mission, trying to get out authoritative information. That was a theory that was pretty much shot down by leading pandemic researchers and a lot of major news organizations, including NPR, until very recently. Government scientists are now seriously looking at whether the virus escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan, China. ![]() formally investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates that there are things we still do not know for sure. ![]()
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