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

James Alwine, Felicia Goodrum, Bruce Banfield, David Bloom, William J Britt, Andrew J Broadbent, Samuel K Campos, Arturo Casadevall, Gary C Chan, Anna R Cliffe, Terence Dermody, Paul Duprex, Lynn W Enquist, Klaus Frueh, Adam P Geballe, Marta Gaglia, Stephen Goldstein, Alexander L Greninger, Gigi Kwick Gronvall, Jae U Jung, Jeremy P Kamil, Seema Lakdawala, Shan-Lu Liu, Micah Luftig, John P Moore, Anne Moscona, Benjamin W Neuman, Janko Ž Nikolich, Christine O'Connor, Andrew Pekosz, Sallie Permar, Julie Pfeiffer, John Purdy, Angela Rasmussen, Bert Semler, Gregory A Smith, David A Stein, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Sandra K Weller, Sean P J Whelan, Andrew Yurochko
Journal of Virology 2024 August 1
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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