There is no evidence that the coronavirus was made in a lab Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images
A research paper claiming to prove that the coronavirus was cooked up in a laboratory has been widely dismissed by mainstream scientists.
The paper, which was and hasnât been peer reviewed, says that âunusual featuresâ of the virusâs genome suggest âsophisticated laboratory modification rather than natural evolutionâ. The authors allege that the modification of one or more bat viruses was carried out in a Chinese government laboratory in Wuhan.
Experts poured scorn on the claim. The paper…
