Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-03-18 17:09:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7BF678B8E3DE3697B627C878B38EE05AD56C96706817A9F40445B8937C56EAF9
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Original Note:
False. This study is an opinion with faulty methods and provides no evidence showing SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab. https://newsweek.com/covid-lab-leak-theory-resurfaces-controversial-study-1877997 The most widely accepted hypothesis, and countless studies in the scientific community point to it naturally emerging from an animal source. https://nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00991-0 https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2211107119 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000325 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.202100194 https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2202871119
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