Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-01 19:36:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D9DA55C022FF4DFC050E351EDE35D2B4E8525E5FE66410692F0EC2E23A17E628
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Original Note:
No evidence to suggest SARS-CoV-2 was made in a lab. Substantial evidence suggests COVID-19 originated via a similar pathway to SARS involving a spillover from bats to intermediate hosts in wildlife farms/markets. SARS-CoV-2 furniture cleavage site was not engineered. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10096-020-03899-4#Sec2 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
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