For most of 2020 the theory that covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab was dismissed as unlikely. In the past few months it has gained currency. Our experts explain why. Read more here: https://econ.st/3gzOVnV
00:00 - Where did covid-19 come from?
00:44 - What evidence is there?
02:06 - Why was the lab-leak theory dismissed?
03:23 - Could the lab leak have been deliberate?
04:07 - Could covid-19 be man made?
05:51 - How are the origins being investigated?
07:23 - Will China be held accountable if there was a lab leak?
08:26 - Expert opinion: what do you think happened?
09:26 - Could it always remain a mystery?
Find all our coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/3gAjz0m
Listen to an episode of Babbage, our science and technology podcast, asking where covid-19 came from: https://econ.st/3wBU5VR
Podcast: How biosecurity shows the lab leak is feasible: https://econ.st/3q4GS5z
Listen to The Jab, our podcast about the vaccination race: https://econ.st/3vILlwd
There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic: https://econ.st/3iNPPyB
What will it cost to end the pandemic? https://econ.st/3q7iOPI
A new weapon in the war against SARS-CoV-2 has been found: https://econ.st/3wzONKt
How covid-19 brought together biomedical technologies that will transform human health: https://econ.st/3iJfhW2
More evidence emerges of India’s true death toll from covid-19: https://econ.st/3gG9k9B
How much should you worry about the “Indian variant”? https://econ.st/3zywHKO
What is “black fungus”, the infection linked to covid-19 in India? https://econ.st/3gx23Kj
Europe’s vaccination campaign has gathered pace, though not everywhere: https://econ.st/35wzxlO
Why might covid-19 booster vaccinations be needed? https://econ.st/3xs44Nv
Do incentives of cash or gifts for covid-19 vaccines work? https://econ.st/35uIkVl
How improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2: https://econ.st/3vAOi1s
00:00 - Where did covid-19 come from?
00:44 - What evidence is there?
02:06 - Why was the lab-leak theory dismissed?
03:23 - Could the lab leak have been deliberate?
04:07 - Could covid-19 be man made?
05:51 - How are the origins being investigated?
07:23 - Will China be held accountable if there was a lab leak?
08:26 - Expert opinion: what do you think happened?
09:26 - Could it always remain a mystery?
Find all our coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/3gAjz0m
Listen to an episode of Babbage, our science and technology podcast, asking where covid-19 came from: https://econ.st/3wBU5VR
Podcast: How biosecurity shows the lab leak is feasible: https://econ.st/3q4GS5z
Listen to The Jab, our podcast about the vaccination race: https://econ.st/3vILlwd
There have been 7m-13m excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic: https://econ.st/3iNPPyB
What will it cost to end the pandemic? https://econ.st/3q7iOPI
A new weapon in the war against SARS-CoV-2 has been found: https://econ.st/3wzONKt
How covid-19 brought together biomedical technologies that will transform human health: https://econ.st/3iJfhW2
More evidence emerges of India’s true death toll from covid-19: https://econ.st/3gG9k9B
How much should you worry about the “Indian variant”? https://econ.st/3zywHKO
What is “black fungus”, the infection linked to covid-19 in India? https://econ.st/3gx23Kj
Europe’s vaccination campaign has gathered pace, though not everywhere: https://econ.st/35wzxlO
Why might covid-19 booster vaccinations be needed? https://econ.st/3xs44Nv
Do incentives of cash or gifts for covid-19 vaccines work? https://econ.st/35uIkVl
How improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2: https://econ.st/3vAOi1s
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