Not Lab, It Was Wuhan Market: How The Covid-19 Pandemic Began
By Rohini Chatterji Since the pandemic began in 2020, there has been feverish debate about where it began. While we knew early on that the origins could be traced down to the Huanan seafood market in China's Wuhan, several scientists argued that it could have leaked from a lab. Tremendous misinformation, coupled with fear for the virus also gave rise to conspiracy theories such as Covid-19 being a bioweapon. The lab leak theory stuck for a while, but two latest pathbreaking studies have been able to rule it out. While one looked at the location of the first cases in Wuhan, the other analysed t...