Issue 69

How and why did SARS-CoV-2 appear?

We have no exact idea when, why, and where SARS-CoV-2 appeared, and China is largely blameless for the mystery.

5%

We should believe, as China says, that the disease likely arose from accidental contact with exotic animals in a wet market.

4%

The virus was created in a level-4 Chinese military-related virology lab and accidentally released.

8%

Whether the Chinese were lax or deliberate in the virus’s release does not matter: China did the world terrible damage.

42%

China was experimenting with the virus for nefarious purposes and sought to capitalize on its spread after it was released.

41%