DISINFO: It is not plausible that the COVID-19 developed naturally
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: journal-neo.org (archived)*
  • Date of publication: April 21, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): English
  • Reported in: Issue 193
  • Countries / regions discussed: China, US
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coronavirus Conspiracy theory

DISINFO: It is not plausible that the COVID-19 developed naturally

SUMMARY

COVID-19, a disease that many experts weren’t expecting for a hundred thousand years, is a highly modified version of the Wuhan Horseshoe Bat Virus. It is not plausible that COVID-19 developed without a gene-splicing laboratory. The odds against such a disease developing naturally are astronomical yet we are continually informed of the opposite.

RESPONSE

Conspiracy theories about the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, there is no evidence to suggest that the virus is being used as a weapon against other states or that iswas fabricated insidelaboratories. This Coronavirus comes from a family of viruses that include the common cold and viruses such asSARS andMERS. The medical Journal “Emerging Microbes & Infections” specifically said there is “No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering”.

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