Quarantine personnel in full protective gear collect samples at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan in January 2020. Photo: Simon Song
New Covid-19 origins studies point to Wuhan market, not Chinese lab leak
- Michael Worobey, who co-authored both papers, previously called on scientists to be more open to the lab leak idea, but says he no longer thinks it is plausible
- The papers, published in the journal Science, look at coronavirus data from early cases and study the pattern of infections during the outbreak’s first month
Quarantine personnel in full protective gear collect samples at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan in January 2020. Photo: Simon Song