Out of nowhere, Covid-19 suddenly appeared. Therefore, there has been speculation for a long time about the development of coronavirus. Does the pathogen come from a laboratory?
For months now, the option that the Coronavirus emergence could have taken place in the laboratory. The virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan. There is a high security laboratory there. The US government around Donald Trump also fueled this thought. But that is far from being evidence. So what’s really there?
Coronavirus emergence: where does the pathogen come from?
Many researchers dispute the assumption that the coronavirus formation should have taken place in the laboratory. But just there, it would have been possible to give the virus all the properties that make it so insidious and dangerous for us humans. The method is called the Gain of Function Experiment (GoF). This has led to many debates in the past about biosecurity. This pathogen manipulation is basically about creating a new virus so that we can prepare for future situations.
It is dangerous testing in the laboratory, where the relationship between benefit and risk is not yet clear. However, it is also a method that has been used frequently and has also been carried out with corona viruses. Five years ago, a research paper appeared in Nature Medicine that produced a chimeric Sars virus. This consisted of a bat virus and an artificial gene that was inserted into the genetic material of the pathogen. Laboratory animals are said to be seriously ill with the laboratory pathogen. He had also affected human lung cells. One of the researchers was from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The attempts indicated a pandemic. Now we see ourselves exactly in this situation. Coincidence?
Anything would be possible in the laboratory
However, scientists and intelligence agencies agree that Covid-19 was not manufactured artificially. The properties of the pathogen are too complex. But this could also come from the fact that the virus was offered ideal reproductive options. This would promote the natural mutation.
In the meantime, many experiments with the new pathogen are taking place. Researchers have already managed to change the virus so that it reliably infects laboratory mice. A special mutation made itself felt, which should now help to find a vaccine. But such an example shows that viruses can be changed quickly in the laboratory. It is therefore not uncommon for the idea to arise that a virus like Covid-19 has gained its properties in the laboratory.
However, only one thing is certain: we do not know where the coronavirus originated. However, it would not be impossible that the pathogen was generated in a laboratory in China. The origin of Covid-19: This woman may have been patient Zero.
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