The Wuhan lab (Pt 1): Mutant viruses and risky experiments
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The first of our two-part special on the origins of Covid, drawing from a new Sunday Times investigation into the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Newly declassified US intelligence leaves open the question of where the pandemic really started. But fresh evidence drawn from confidential files reveals Chinese scientists spliced together deadly pathogens shortly before the pandemic.
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