
Scientist Backing Probe Into Wuhan Lab: Some Peers Delayed Probing Lab Theory Because They Didn’t Want ‘To Be Associated With Trump’ [UPDATED]
Updated: A previous version of this article inaccurately stated that scientist Alina Chan was one of the scientists that did not back looking into the possibility that the coronavirus escaped a lab during the early days of the pandemic due to political reasons. Chan stated on social media that...
NBC News reports:
Chan was one of 18 scientists who published a letter in the journal Science last month calling for a more in-depth investigation into the virus’s origin that takes into account theories about both natural occurrence and laboratory spillovers.