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The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence.

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Alwine, J; Goodrum, F; Banfield, B; Bloom, D; Britt, WJ; Broadbent, AJ; Campos, SK; Casadevall, A; Chan, GC; Cliffe, AR; Dermody, T; Duprex, P ...
Published in: J Virol
September 17, 2024

Science is humanity's best insurance against threats from nature, but it is a fragile enterprise that must be nourished and protected. The preponderance of scientific evidence indicates a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2. Yet, the theory that SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in and escaped from a lab dominates media attention, even in the absence of strong evidence. We discuss how the resulting anti-science movement puts the research community, scientific research, and pandemic preparedness at risk.

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J Virol

DOI

EISSN

1098-5514

Publication Date

September 17, 2024

Volume

98

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0124024

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Animals
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Alwine, J., Goodrum, F., Banfield, B., Bloom, D., Britt, W. J., Broadbent, A. J., … Yurochko, A. (2024). The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence. J Virol, 98(9), e0124024. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01240-24
Alwine, James, Felicia Goodrum, Bruce Banfield, David Bloom, William J. Britt, Andrew J. Broadbent, Samuel K. Campos, et al. “The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence.J Virol 98, no. 9 (September 17, 2024): e0124024. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01240-24.
Alwine J, Goodrum F, Banfield B, Bloom D, Britt WJ, Broadbent AJ, et al. The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence. J Virol. 2024 Sep 17;98(9):e0124024.
Alwine, James, et al. “The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence.J Virol, vol. 98, no. 9, Sept. 2024, p. e0124024. Pubmed, doi:10.1128/jvi.01240-24.
Alwine J, Goodrum F, Banfield B, Bloom D, Britt WJ, Broadbent AJ, Campos SK, Casadevall A, Chan GC, Cliffe AR, Dermody T, Duprex P, Enquist LW, Frueh K, Geballe AP, Gaglia M, Goldstein S, Greninger AL, Gronvall GK, Jung JU, Kamil JP, Lakdawala S, Liu S-L, Luftig M, Moore JP, Moscona A, Neuman BW, Nikolich JŽ, O’Connor C, Pekosz A, Permar S, Pfeiffer J, Purdy J, Rasmussen A, Semler B, Smith GA, Stein DA, Van Doorslaer K, Weller SK, Whelan SPJ, Yurochko A. The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence. J Virol. 2024 Sep 17;98(9):e0124024.

Published In

J Virol

DOI

EISSN

1098-5514

Publication Date

September 17, 2024

Volume

98

Issue

9

Start / End Page

e0124024

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Animals
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences