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              <p>Here is a reading list about what is known and not
                known about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, accidents and
                leaks at biosafety and biowarfare laboratories, and the
                health risks of gain-of-function (GOF) research, which
                aims to increase the host range, transmissibility,
                infectivity or pathogenicity of potential pandemic
                pathogens. For more information about the U.S. Right to
                Know investigation into these topics, <a
                  href="https://usrtk.org/biohazards/" target="_blank"
                  rel="noopener">see our biohazards page</a>. Please <a
                  href="https://usrtk.org/sign-up/" target="_blank"
                  rel="noopener">sign up for our newsletter</a> for
                updates.</p>
              <p>This reading list is a work in progress. We will update
                it. Please send readings we may have missed to Sainath
                Suryanarayanan at <a href="mailto:sainath@usrtk.org"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sainath@usrtk.org</a>.</p>
              <p><strong>Topics (drop links)</strong></p>
              <h2>Most recent articles</h2>
              <p><em>MIT Technology Review</em>. <a
href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-function-risky-bat-virus-engineering-links-america-to-wuhan/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Inside the
                    risky bat-virus engineering that links America to
                    Wuhan</strong></a>. Rowan Jacobsen. June 29, 2021.</p>
              <p>Open Letter <a
href="https://jamiemetzl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Letter-4-Draft-1.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Calling for a
                    Comprehensive Investigation of the Origin of
                    SARS-CoV-2</strong></a>. Jamie Metzl et al. June 28,
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>The New York Times</em>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-lab.html?referringSource=articleShare"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Where Did the
                    Coronavirus Come From? What We Already Know Is
                    Troubling</strong></a>. Zeynep Tufekci. June 25,
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-gene-data-that-could-have-aided-research-on-early-epidemic-removed-from-database-11624472105"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Chinese
                    Covid-19 Gene Data That Could Have Aided Pandemic
                    Research Removed From NIH Database</strong></a>. Amy
                Markus, Betsy McKay and Drew Hinshaw. June 23, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>bioRxiv</em>. <a
                  href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.18.449051v1"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Recovery of
                    deleted deep sequencing data sheds more light on the
                    early Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 epidemic</strong></a>. Jesse
                Bloom. June 22, 2021. doi: <a
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.18.449051">https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.18.449051</a></p>
              <p><em>USA Today</em>. <a
href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/06/17/covid-19-fauci-lab-leaks-wuhan-china-origins/7737494002/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>‘I remember it
                    very well’: Dr. Fauci describes a secret 2020
                    meeting to talk about COVID origins</strong></a>.
                Alison Young. June 17, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Poynter</em>. <strong><a
href="https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/what-we-can-learn-from-the-medias-dismissal-of-the-wuhan-lab-theory/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">What we can learn
                    from the media’s dismissal of the Wuhan lab theory</a></strong>.
                Alan Miller. June 17, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The New York Times</em>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/science/covid-lab-leak-fauci-kristian-andersen.html?smid=tw-share"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Scientist Opens
                    Up About His Early Email to Fauci on Virus Origins</strong></a>.
                James Gorman and Carl Zimmer. June 14, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The New York Times</em>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/asia/china-wuhan-lab-leak.html?referringSource=articleShare"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>China’s ‘Bat
                    Woman,’ at the Center of a Pandemic Storm, Speaks
                    Out</strong></a>. Amy Qin and Chris Buckley. June
                14, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Axios</em>. <a
href="https://www.axios.com/covid-lab-leak-virus-experiment-scrutiny-6d903611-feef-4253-a5ea-98d154c6e356.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lab risks face
                    scrutiny amid COVID origins controversy</strong></a>.
                Alison Snyder and Bryan Walsh. June 10, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Nature Scientific Reports</em>. <a
                  href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91470-2"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Animal sales
                    from Wuhan wet markets immediately prior to the
                    COVID-19 pandemic</strong></a>. Xiao Xiao et al.
                June 7, 2021. <em>Sci Rep</em> 11, 11898 (2021). <a
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91470-2">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91470-2</a></p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-suggests-a-wuhan-lab-leak-11622995184"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Science
                    Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak</strong></a>. Steven Quay
                and Richard Muller. June 6, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fauci-email-bolsters-the-lab-leak-theory-11622830092"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Fauci Email
                    Bolsters the Lab-Leak Theory</strong></a>. Nicholas
                Wade. June 4, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Financial Times</em>. <a
                  href="https://www.ft.com/content/a0badd5d-4d88-4a3b-b019-61c6d8275caa"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Scientists fear
                    future leaks as top-level labs proliferate</strong></a>.
                Kiran Stacey, Helen Warrell, Yuan Yang. June 4, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Medium</em>. <a
                  href="https://yurideigin.medium.com/response-of-dr-d0bd494847a5"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Response of Dr.
                    Kristian G. Andersen to questions relating to his
                    email to Dr. Fauci recently released under FOIA</strong></a>.
                Yuri Deigin. June 3, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post</em>. <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-bats-china-wuhan/2021/06/02/772ef984-beb2-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>A scientist
                    adventurer and China’s ‘Bat Woman’ are under
                    scrutiny as coronavirus lab-leak theory gets another
                    look</strong></a>. Eva Duo and Lily Kuo. June 3,
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>Vanity Fair. </em><a
href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Lab-Leak
                    Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s
                    Origins.</strong></a> Katherine Eban. June 3, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post</em>. <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-how-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-suddenly-became-credible/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Timeline: How
                    the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible</strong></a>.
                Glenn Kessler. May 25, 2021.</p>
              <h2>What are the origins of SARS-CoV-2?</h2>
              <p>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. <a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The origin of
                    COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at
                    Wuhan?</strong></a> Nicholas Wade. May 5, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em>.
                <a
                  href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/11/03/2021133117"><strong>To
                    stop the next pandemic, we need to unravel the
                    origins of COVID-19</strong></a>. . November 3,
                2020.</p>
              <p><em>Medium</em>. <a
href="https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-lab-leak-theory-f4f88446b04d"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>How I Learned
                    to Stop Worrying And Love the Lab-Leak Theory</strong></a>.
                Donald G. McNeil Jr. May 17, 2021.</p>
              <p><i>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. </i><strong><a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2020/06/did-the-sars-cov-2-virus-arise-from-a-bat-coronavirus-research-program-in-a-chinese-laboratory-very-possibly/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Did the
                    SARS-CoV-2 virus arise from a bat coronavirus
                    research program in a Chinese laboratory? Very
                    possibly</a></strong>. Milton Leitenberg. June 4,
                2020.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Intelligence on
                    Sick Staff at Wuhan Lab Fuels Debate On Covid-19
                    Origin</strong></a>. Michael Gordon, Warren Strobel
                and Drew Hinshaw. May 23, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>USA Today</em>. <a
href="https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/2021/03/22/why-covid-lab-leak-theory-wuhan-shouldnt-dismissed-column/4765985001/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Could an
                    accident have caused COVID-19? Why the Wuhan
                    lab-leak theory shouldn’t be dismissed</strong></a>.
                Alison Young. March 22, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Science</em>. <a
                  href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6543/694.1"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Investigate the
                    Origins of COVID-19</strong></a>. Jesse Bloom et al.
                May 14, 2021. DOI: 10.1126/science.abj0016</p>
              <p><em>Politico</em>. <a
href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/08/josh-rogin-chaos-under-heaven-wuhan-lab-book-excerpt-474322"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>In 2018,
                    Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in
                    a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened</strong></a>. Josh
                Rogin. March 8, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Telegraph</em>. <strong><a
href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/did-covid-19-virus-really-escape-wuhan-lab/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">Did the Covid-19
                    virus really escape from a Wuhan lab?</a> </strong>Matt
                Ridley and Alina Chan. February 6, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal. </em><strong><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-world-needs-a-real-investigation-into-the-origins-of-covid-19-11610728316"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">The World Needs a
                    Real Investigation into the Origins of Covid-19</a></strong><em>.
                </em>Alina Chan and Matt Ridley. January 15, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>New York Magazine</em>. <a
href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>The lab-leak
                    hypothesis</b></a>. Nicholson Baker. January 4,
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post</em>. <strong><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/biden-administration-confirms-some-trump-wuhan-lab-claims/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">Opinion: The Biden
                    administration confirms some but not all of Trump’s
                    Wuhan lab claims</a></strong>. Josh Rogin. March 9,
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/wuhan-lab-leak-question-chinese-mine-covid-pandemic-11621871125"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Wuhan Lab
                    Leak Question: A Disused Chinese Mine Takes Center
                    Stage</strong></a>. Jeremy Page, Betsy McKay and
                Drew Hinshaw. May 24, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Current Affairs</em>. <a
href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/05/the-stakes-of-finding-covid-19s-origins"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The stakes of
                    finding COVID-19’s origins</strong></a>. Nathan J.
                Robinson. May 19, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Newsweek. </em><a
href="https://www.newsweek.com/beijing-must-come-clean-about-covid-19-origins-opinion-1563524"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Beijing Must
                    Come Clean About COVID-19 Origins | Opinion</strong></a>.
                Jamie Metzl. January 22, 2021</p>
              <p>Letter from U.S. Senators Johnson, Paul, Lankford,
                Scott and Cotton to <a
href="https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/DD184FFD-F00A-4AB1-A985-2CE26681D47F"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>NIH Director Francis
                    Collins seeking information about the NIH’s actions
                    on gain of function research</b></a>. May 20, 2021.</p>
              <p>U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and
                Commerce, minority staff letters to: (1) <a
href="https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5.6.21-Letter-to-Secretary-Blinken.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Secretary of
                    State Antony Blinken seeking the release of
                    unclassified documents related to the origins of the
                    Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a>, May 6, 2021. (2) <a
href="https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EcoHealth-Alliance-Letter.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>EcoHealth
                    Alliance President Peter Daszak seeking information
                    and documents related to the origins of the Covid-19
                    pandemic</strong></a>, April 16, 2021. (3) <a
href="https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NIH-Investigation-COVID-origins.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NIH Director
                    Francis Collins seeking to advance an independent,
                    scientific investigation into the origins of the
                    COVID-19 pandemic</strong></a>, March 18, 2021.</p>
              <p>Open Letters: (1) <a
href="http://www.filippalentzos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Open-Letter-to-the-World-Health-Organization-and-the-Members-of-its-Executive-Board-1.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>To the World
                    Health Organization and the Members of its Executive
                    Board</strong></a>. April 30, 2021. (2) <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/07/science/virus-inquiries-pandemic-origins.html?referringSource=articleShare"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Call for full
                    investigation into the origins of Covid-19</strong></a>.
                April 7, 2021. (3) <a
href="https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/COVID%20OPEN%20LETTER%20FINAL%20030421%20(1).pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Call for a Full
                    and Unrestricted International Forensic
                    Investigation into the Origins of COVID-19</strong></a>.
                March 4, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-are-the-covid-investigators-11613401955"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Who Are the
                    Covid Investigators? Members of a WHO origin probe
                    have conflicts of interest</strong></a>. The
                Editorial Board. February 15, 2021.</p>
              <p><em><i>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.</i></em><a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/02/who-covid-19-didnt-leak-from-a-lab-also-who-maybe-it-did/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WHO: COVID-19
                    didn’t leak from a lab. Also WHO: Maybe it did</strong></a>.
                Filipa Lentzos. February 11, 2021<em>.</em></p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post. </em><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/wuhan-covid-lab-accident-investigation-who/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Opinion: The
                    WHO covid report is fatally flawed, and a real
                    investigation has yet to take place</strong></a>.
                Josh Rogin. March 29, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post. </em><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/11/biosecurity-covid19-laboratories-wuhan/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Opinion: The
                    world still hasn’t figured out how to regulate
                    research into deadly viruses</strong></a>. Brian
                Klaas. March 11, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>The Washington Post. </em><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-who-china-investigation-wuhan/2021/02/09/2af3c44c-6a79-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>After Wuhan
                    mission on pandemic origins, WHO team dismisses lab
                    leak theory</strong></a>. Gerry Shih and Emily
                Rauhala. February 9, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>. <a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-investigators-to-scrap-interim-report-on-probe-of-covid-19-origins-11614865067?st=fqani3zgeoun5jh&reflink=share_mobilewebshare"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WHO
                    Investigators to Scrap Plans for Interim Report on
                    Probe of Covid-19 Origins</strong></a>. Betsy McKay,
                Drew Hinshaw and Jeremy Page. March 4, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Undark. </em><a
                  href="https://undark.org/2021/03/17/lab-leak-science-lost-in-politics/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lab Leak: A
                    Scientific Debate Mired in Politics– and Unresolved</strong></a>.
                Charles Schmidt. March 17, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>CBS</em>. <a
href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-wuhan-origins-60-minutes-2021-03-28/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>What happened
                    in Wuhan? Why questions still linger on the origin
                    of the coronavirus</strong></a>. Lesley Stahl. March
                28, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Nature Medicine.</em> <a
                  href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01205-5"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>On the origins
                    of SARS-CoV-2</strong></a>. Angela Rasmussen.
                January 13, 2021.</p>
              <p><i>The Washington Post. </i><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>State
                    Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan
                    lab studying bat coronaviruses</strong>.</a> Josh
                Rogin. April 14, 2020.</p>
              <p><i><em>BBC. </em></i><a
                  href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55364445"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Covid: Wuhan
                    scientist would ‘welcome’ visit probing lab leak
                    theory</strong></a>. John Sudworth. December 22,
                2020<i>.</i></p>
              <p><i>Houston Chronicle</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/UTMB-scientist-acknowledges-safety-risks-at-15221826.php"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UTMB
                    scientist acknowledges safety risks at Chinese lab
                    doing coronavirus research</a></strong>. Nick
                Powell. April 23, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nih-presses-u-s-nonprofit-for-information-on-wuhan-virology-lab-11597829400"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NIH
                    presses U.S. nonprofit for information on Wuhan
                    virology lab</a></strong>. Betsy McKay. August 19,
                2020. <span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Wall Street Journal. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-where-did-the-virus-come-from-11590756909"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">So where
                    did the virus come from?</a></strong> Matt Ridley.
                May 29, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p>French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
                <a
href="https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-origin-of-sars-cov-2-is-being-seriously-questioned"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>The
                    origin of SARS-CoV-2 is being seriously questioned</strong></a>.
                Yaroslav Pigenet. November 9, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Times</i>. <a
href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-did-covid-19-start-hunt-for-patient-zero-has-become-caught-in-a-clash-of-great-powers-hzmgmj0x9"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>How did Covid-19
                    start? Hunt for patient zero has become caught in a
                    clash of great powers</b></a>. Tom Whipple. December
                31, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>CNET</em>. <strong><a
href="https://www.cnet.com/features/the-hunt-for-covid-19s-origin-and-the-lab-leak-theory/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">The twisted, messy
                    hunt for COVID-19’s origin and the lab leak theory</a></strong><em>.
                </em>Jackson Ryan. January 19, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Newsweek</em>. <a
href="https://www.newsweek.com/humans-not-animals-likely-took-covid-virus-wuhan-contrary-chinas-claims-1578861"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Humans, Not
                    Animals, Likely Took the COVID Virus to Wuhan,
                    Contrary to China’s Claims</strong></a>. Rowan
                Jacobsen. March 25, 2021.</p>
              <p><i>Boston Magazine</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/09/alina-chan-broad-institute-coronavirus/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Could
                    COVID-19 have escaped from a lab?</a></strong> Rowan
                Jacobsen. September 9, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Nature</em>. <a
                  href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01541-z"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>The
                    biggest mystery: what it will take to trace the
                    coronavirus source</strong></a>. David Cyranoski.
                June 5, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Washington Post</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-department-releases-cable-that-launched-claims-that-coronavirus-escaped-from-chinese-lab/2020/07/17/63deae58-c861-11ea-a9d3-74640f25b953_story.html"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">State
                    Department releases cable that launched claims that
                    coronavirus escaped from Chinese lab</a>.</strong>
                John Hudson and Nate Jones. July 17, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>NBC News</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/report-says-cellphone-data-suggests-october-shutdown-wuhan-lab-experts-n1202716"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Report
                    says cellphone data suggests October shutdown at
                    Wuhan lab, but experts are skeptical</a></strong>.
                Ken Dilanian, Ruaridh Arrow, Courtney Kube, Carol E.
                Lee, Louise Jones and Lorand Bodo. May 9, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Times</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-year-covid-trail-revealed-l5vxt7jqp"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Revealed:
                    Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a
                    Wuhan lab</a></strong>. George Arbuthnott, Jonathan
                Calvert, and Philip Sherwell. July 4, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>South China Morning Post</em><em>. </em><a
href="https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3113952/whos-coronavirus-detectives-look-wuhan-market"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WHO’s
                    coronavirus detectives look to Wuhan market as
                    undisclosed map surfaces</strong></a>. John Power
                and Simone McCarthy. December 15, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>BBC</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.bbc.com/news/extra/ewsu2giezk/city-of-silence-china-wuhan"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wuhan:
                    City of silence; Looking for answers in the place
                    where coronavirus started</a></strong>. John
                Sudworth. July 2020.</p>
              <p><em>The New York Times</em>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/world/who-china-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share"><strong>In
                    Hunt for Virus Source, W.H.O. Let China Take Charge</strong></a>.
                <span>Selam Gebrekidan</span>, <span>Matt Apuzzo</span>,
                <span>Amy Qin</span> and <span>Javier C. Hernández</span>.
                November 2, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-intelligence-agencies-say-coronavirus-originated-in-china-wasnt-man-madeor-genetically-modified-11588260228"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In rare
                    move, U.S. intelligence agencies confirm
                    investigating if coronavirus emerged from lab
                    accident</a></strong>. Warren P. Strobel and Dustin
                Volz. April 30, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Guardian</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/09/conspiracies-covid-19-lab-false-pandemic"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ignore the
                    conspiracy theories: Scientists know Covid-19 wasn’t
                    created in a lab</a></strong>. Peter Daszak. June 9,
                2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. <a
href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/coronavirus/scientists-say-covid19-cooked-up-in-lab/news-story/242c5f9fd14f162dea67f166bcabd985"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Scientists say
                    COVID-19 may have been cooked up in lab</b></a>.
                Sharri Markson. June 1, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Science. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/trump-owes-us-apology-chinese-scientist-center-covid-19-origin-theories-speaks-out"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump
                    ‘owes us an apology.’ Chinese scientist at the
                    center of COVID-19 origin theories speaks out</a></strong>.
                Jon Cohen. July 24, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Science. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/Shi%20Zhengli%20Q&A.pdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reply to
                    Science Magazine: Shi Zhengli Q&A</a>.</strong>
                Shi Zhengli. July 15, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Minerva</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.minervanett.no/alina-chan-coronavirus-covid19/contradicting-statements-cast-doubts-on-chinese-raw-data/364540"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Contradicting
                    statements cast doubts on Chinese raw data</a>.</strong>
                Aksel Fridstrøm. September 10, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Minerva</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.minervanett.no/corona/the-most-logical-explanation-is-that-it-comes-from-a-laboratory/361860"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The most
                    logical explanation is that it comes from a
                    laboratory</a>.</strong> Aksel Fridstrøm and Nils
                August Andresen. July 2, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Independent Science News</i>. <a
href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a-chinese-phd-thesis-sheds-important-new-light-on-the-origin-of-the-covid-19-coronavirus/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>A Chinese PhD
                    Thesis Sheds Important New Light On The Origin of
                    the COVID-19</strong></a>. Jonathan Latham and
                Allison Wilson. May 11, 2021.</p>
              <p><i>Independent Science News</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-case-is-building-that-covid-19-had-a-lab-origin/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The case
                    is building that COVID-19 had a lab origin</a></strong>.
                Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson. June 5, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Independent Science News</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a-proposed-origin-for-sars-cov-2-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A proposed
                    origin for SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic</a></strong>.
                Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson. July 15, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Sam Husseini Blog</i>. <strong><a
href="https://husseini.posthaven.com/questioning-the-cdc-is-it-a-complete-coincidence-that-chinas-only-bsl4-is-in-wuhan"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Questioning
                    the CDC: Is it a complete coincidence that China’s
                    only BSL4 is in Wuhan? Audio and video</a></strong>.
                Sam Husseini. April 17, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>GMWatch</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19403-wuhan-and-us-scientists-used-undetectable-methods-of-genetic-engineering-on-bat-coronaviruses"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wuhan and
                    US scientists used undetectable methods of genetic
                    engineering on bat coronaviruses.</a></strong>
                Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson. May 20, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Corporate Crime Reporter</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/andrew-kimbrell-on-the-origins-of-covid-19/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Andrew
                    Kimbrell on the origins of COVID-19</a></strong>.
                Russell Mokhiber. August 11, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>GMWatch. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19383-where-did-the-covid-19-virus-come-from"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Was the
                    COVID-19 virus genetically engineered?</a></strong>
                Jonathan Matthews. April 22, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>GMWatch. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19437"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why are
                    the lab escape denialists telling such brazen lies?</a></strong>
                Jonathan Matthews. June 17, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>The Intercept</em>. <a
href="https://theintercept.com/2020/05/19/coronavirus-pandemic-origin-trump-china/"><strong>In
                    Its Zeal to Blame China for Coronavirus, the Trump
                    Administration Is Thwarting Investigations Into the
                    Pandemic’s Origins</strong></a>. <span
                  data-reactid="192">Mara Hvisten</span><span
                  data-reactid="192">dahl</span>. May 19, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>South China Morning Post</em>. <a
href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3111314/who-names-line-international-team-looking-coronavirus-origins"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>WHO
                    names line-up for international team looking into
                    coronavirus origins</strong></a>. Simone McCarthy.
                November 25, 2020.</p>
              <h2>Transparency failures and the suppression of evidence
                regarding COVID-19</h2>
              <p><i>Associated Press</i>. <a
href="https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-china-only-on-ap-bats-24fbadc58cee3a40bca2ddf7a14d2955?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>China clamps down in
                    hidden hunt for coronavirus origins</b></a>. Dake
                Kang, Maria Cheng And Sam McNeil. December 30, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Wall Street Journal. </i><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-stalls-global-search-for-coronavirus-origins-wuhan-markets-investigation-11589300842"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>On the ground in
                    Wuhan, signs of China stalling probe of coronavirus
                    origins</b></a>. Jeremy Page and Natasha Khan. May
                12, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The New York Times</i>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>25 Days That Changed
                    the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp</b></a>.
                Chris Buckley, David D. Kirkpatrick, Amy Qin and Javier
                C. Hernández. December 30, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The New York Times.</i> <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/world/asia/china-Zhang-Zhan-covid-convicted.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Chinese Citizen
                    Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting</b></a>.
                Vivian Wang. December 28, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>ProPublica</i>. <a
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Leaked Documents
                    Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped
                    Censor the Coronavirus</b></a>. Raymond Zhong, Paul
                Mozur, Aaron Krolik and Jeff Kao. December 19, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The New York Times</i>. <a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/world/china-peddles-falsehoods-to-push-the-idea-that-the-virus-came-from-somewhere-else.html"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>China peddles
                    falsehoods to push the idea that the virus came from
                    somewhere else</b></a>. Javier C. Hernández.
                December 6, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Bloomberg</i>. <a
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-30/china-is-making-it-harder-to-solve-the-mystery-of-how-covid-began"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>China Is Making It
                    Harder to Solve the Mystery of How Covid Began</b></a>.
                December 30, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>Financial Times</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://www.ft.com/content/edda14d0-145b-42e4-a1d2-4d64ab73bda1"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chinese
                    media step up campaign to muddy probe into Covid
                    origins</a></strong>. Christian Shepherd. November
                26, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>GMWatch. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19475-journals-censor-lab-origin-theory-for-sars-cov-2"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Journals
                    censor lab origin theory for SARS-CoV-2</a>.</strong>
                Claire Robinson. July 16, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Sky News Australia</i>. <a
                  href="https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6211530128001"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Released emails
                    reveal ‘no truth or transparency’ in letter
                    regarding origin of COVID-19</b></a>. Sharri
                Markson. November 22, 2020.</p>
              <h2><b>Accidents, leaks, containment failures,
                  transparency failures in biosafety facilities</b></h2>
              <p><i>The New Yorker. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-risks-of-building-too-many-bio-labs"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The risks
                    of building too many bio labs</a></strong>.
                Elisabeth Eaves. March 18, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.</em> <strong><a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2019/02/human-error-in-high-biocontainment-labs-a-likely-pandemic-threat/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Human
                    error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic
                    threat</a></strong>. Lynn Klotz. February 25, 2019.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.</em> <a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/is-there-a-role-for-the-biological-weapons-convention-in-oversight-of-lab-created-potential-pandemic-pathogens/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Is there a role
                    for the Biological Weapons Convention in oversight
                    of lab-created potential pandemic pathogens?</strong></a>
                Lynn Klotz. August 27, 2019.</p>
              <p><em>King’s College London. </em><a
href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6048d7a0e9652c472e619f6f/t/60ae71cea2219b008f29d4ca/1622045135314/Mapping+BSL4+Labs+Globally+EMBARGOED+until+27+May+2021+1800+CET.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mapping Maximum
                    Biological Containment Labs Globally</strong></a>.
                Filipa Lentzos and Gregory Koblentz. May 2021.</p>
              <p><em>James Martin Center for Nonproliferation</em> <em>Studies</em>.
                <a
href="https://nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Investigating-Outbreaks.pdf"><strong>A
                    Guide to Investigating Outbreak Origins: Nature
                    versus the Laboratory</strong></a>. Richard Pilch,
                Miles Pomper, Jill Luster, and Filippa Lentzos. October
                2020.</p>
              <p><i>ProPublica. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.propublica.org/article/here-are-six-accidents-unc-researchers-had-with-lab-created-coronaviruses"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here are
                    six accidents UNC researchers had with lab-created
                    coronaviruses</a></strong>. Alison Young and Jessica
                Blake. August 17, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>CBC</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canadian-scientist-sent-deadly-viruses-to-wuhan-lab-months-before-rcmp-asked-to-investigate-1.5609582"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canadian
                    scientist sent deadly viruses to Wuhan lab months
                    before RCMP asked to investigate</a>.</strong> June
                16, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>The Frederick News-Post</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/military/cdc-inspection-findings-reveal-more-about-usamriid-research-suspension/article_6d1d316e-4989-5307-924c-8608c25ef6f7.html"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CDC
                    inspection findings reveal more about USAMRIID
                    research suspension</a>.</strong> Heather Mongilio.
                November 23, 2019.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
                  U.S. Department of Agriculture</i>. <strong><a
href="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/fredericknewspost.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/8f/88f15941-32e8-58bf-b81b-7feac7f3b435/5dd9c1ee8ba15.pdf.pdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Army
                    Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
                    (USAMRIID): description of inspection findings
                    definitions</a></strong>. August 2019.</p>
              <p><i>U.S. Government Accountability Office.</i> <strong><a
                    href="https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-305"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">High-containment
                    laboratories: Comprehensive and up-to-date policies
                    and stronger oversight mechanisms needed to improve
                    safety</a></strong>. April 19, 2016. GAO-16-305.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>USA Today. </i><strong><a
href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/29/some-recent-us-lab-incidents/25258237/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">10
                    incidents discovered at the nation’s biolabs</a></strong>.
                Alison Young and Nick Penzenstadler. May 29, 2015.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. </i><strong><a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2014/03/threatened-pandemics-and-laboratory-escapes-self-fulfilling-prophecies/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Threatened
                    pandemics and laboratory escapes: self-fulfilling
                    prophecies</a>.</strong> Martin Furmanski. March 31,
                2014.</p>
              <p><em>Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation</em>.
                <strong><a
href="https://armscontrolcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Escaped-Viruses-final-2-17-14-copy.pdf">Laboratory
                    Escapes and “Self-fulfilling prophecy” Epidemics</a></strong>.
                Martin Furmanski. February 17, 2014.</p>
              <p><i>National Research Council</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13315/biosecurity-challenges-of-the-global-expansion-of-high-containment-biological-laboratories"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biosecurity
                    challenges of the global expansion of
                    high-containment biological laboratories: summary of
                    a workshop</a></strong>. 2012. Washington, DC: The
                National Academies Press. <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.17226/13315" target="_blank"
                  rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.17226/13315</a><span> </span></p>
              <p>US House of Representatives. Committee on Energy and
                Commerce. <strong><a
href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg74099/html/CHRG-111hhrg74099.htm"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hearing on
                    germs, viruses, and secrets: the silent
                    proliferation of bio-laboratories in the United
                    States, 110<sup>th</sup> Congress</a>.</strong>
                October 4, 2007.</p>
              <p>US House of Representatives. Committee on Energy and
                Commerce. <a
href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg74099/html/CHRG-111hhrg74099.htm"><strong>Hearing
                    on Federal Oversight Of High-Containment
                    Biolaboratories, One Hundred Eleventh Congress</strong></a>.
                September 22, 2009.</p>
              <p><i>BMJ. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC416634/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Breaches
                    of safety regulations are probable cause of recent
                    SARS outbreak, WHO says</a>.</strong> Jane Parry.
                May 22, 2004. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-b</p>
              <p><em>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.</em> <a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2016/06/who-isnt-equipped-for-a-pandemic-or-bioterror-attack-the-who/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Who isn’t
                    equipped for a pandemic or bioterror attack? The WHO</strong></a>.
                Annie Sparrow. June 20, 2016.</p>
              <p><i>Independent Science News.</i> <strong><a
href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-long-history-of-accidental-laboratory-releases-of-potential-pandemic-pathogens/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The long
                    history of accidental laboratory releases of
                    potential pandemic pathogens is being ignored in the
                    COVID-19 media coverage</a>.</strong> Sam Husseini.
                May 5, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>GMWatch. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19377-covid-19-a-wake-up-call-for-biosafety"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">COVID-19:
                    A wake-up call for biosafety</a>.</strong> Jonathan
                Matthews. April 24, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>USA Today</i>.<i> </i><strong><a
href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/06/23/undisclosed-cdc-lab-incidents/86305700/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CDC failed
                    to disclose lab incidents with bioterror pathogens
                    to Congress</a></strong>. Alison Young. June 24,
                2016.</p>
              <p><i>Global Times. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1179747.shtml"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biosafety
                    guideline issued to fix chronic management loopholes
                    at virus labs</a>.</strong> Liu Caiyu and Leng
                Shumei. February 16, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>CBS News</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-company-metabiota-problems-during-ebola-outbreak/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Investigation:
                    U.S. company bungled Ebola response</a></strong>.
                The Associated Press. March 7, 2016.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.</em> <a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2012/08/the-unacceptable-risks-of-a-man-made-pandemic/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The
                    unacceptable risks of a man-made pandemic</strong></a>.
                Lynn Klotz and Edward Sylvester. August 7, 2012.</p>
              <h2>Networks of biodefense and biowarfare<span> </span></h2>
              <p><i>Salon. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.salon.com/2020/04/24/did-this-virus-come-from-a-lab-maybe-not--but-it-exposes-the-threat-of-a-biowarfare-arms-race/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Did this
                    virus come from a lab? Maybe not — but it exposes
                    the threat of a biowarfare arms race</a></strong>.
                Sam Husseini. April 24, 2020.</p>
              <p><i><em>Independent Science News</em>. </i><a
href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/news/peter-daszaks-ecohealth-alliance-has-hidden-almost-40-million-in-pentagon-funding/"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Peter Daszak’s
                    EcoHealth Alliance Has Hidden Almost $40 Million In
                    Pentagon Funding And Militarized Pandemic Science</strong></a>.
                Sam Husseini. December 16, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Sam Husseini Blog</i>. <strong><a
href="https://husseini.posthaven.com/averting-our-gaze-from-biowarfare-pandemics-and-self-fulfilling-prophecies"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Averting
                    our gaze from biowarfare: pandemics and
                    self-fulfilling prophecies</a></strong>. Sam
                Husseini. May 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Boston Globe. </i><strong><a
href="http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/02/23/the_lure_of_bio_weapons/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The lure
                    of bio-weapons</a>.</strong> Bernard Lown and
                Prasannan Parthasarathi. February 23, 2005.<span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Monterey Institute of International Studies.</em> <strong><a
href="https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/116358/2007-08-beijing_on_biohazards.pdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beijing on
                    biohazards: Chinese experts on bioweapons
                    nonproliferation issues</a>.</strong> Amy E.
                Smithson, Editor. August 2007. The James Martin Center
                For Nonproliferation Studies.</p>
              <p><i>Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons since 1945.</i>
                Mark Wheelis, Lajos Rózsa, and Malcolm Dando (Editors).
                Harvard University Press,<i> </i>2006.</p>
              <p><i>Biowarfare and Terrorism</i>. Francis Boyle. 2005.
                Clarity Press, Inc.</p>
              <p><i>Preventing a Biological Arms Race</i>. Susan Wright
                (Editor). The MIT Press,<i> </i>1990.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Biohazard</i>. Ken Alibek with Stephen Handelman.
                Random House: New York, 1999.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The National Academies Press. </i><strong><a
                    href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=21666"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Potential
                    risks and benefits of gain-of-function research:
                    summary of a workshop</a>.</strong> 2015.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Forbes</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2014/10/20/should-we-allow-scientists-to-create-dangerous-super-viruses/#2f7870c155e7"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Should we
                    allow scientists to create dangerous super-viruses?</a></strong>
                Steven Salzberg. October 20, 2014.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>The Cambridge Working Group</i>. <strong><a
                    href="http://www.cambridgeworkinggroup.org/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cambridge
                    Working Group consensus statement on the creation of
                    potential pandemic pathogens (PPPs)</a></strong>.
                July 14, 2014.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>mBio. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://mbio.asm.org/content/5/5/e02008-14/article-info"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Can
                    limited scientific value of potential pandemic
                    pathogen experiments justify the risks?</a></strong>
                Marc Lipsitch. October 14, 2014. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02008-14"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02008-14</a><span> </span></p>
              <p><em>mBio</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484390/">Research
                    on Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus: The Way
                    Forward</a></strong>. Anthony S. Fauci.
                September-October 2012, 3(5): e00359-12. doi:
                10.1128/mBio.00359-12</p>
              <p><i>PLoS Medicine</i>. <strong><a
href="https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001646"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ethical
                    alternatives to experiments with novel potential
                    pandemic pathogens</a></strong>. Marc Lipsitch and
                Alison Galvani. 2014. 11(5): e1001646. doi:
                10.1371/journal.pmed.1001646 <span> </span></p>
              <h2><b>Scientific papers on the origins of SARS-CoV-2</b></h2>
              <p><i>Nature Scientific Reports</i>. <a
                  href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92388-5"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>In silico
                    comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-ACE2 binding
                    affinities across species and implications for virus
                    origin</strong></a>. Sakshi Piplani, Puneet Kumar
                Singh, David A. Winkler, Nikolai Petrovsky. June 24,
                2021.<span> doi: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92388-5">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92388-5</a>
                </span></p>
              <p><em>In Vivo</em>. <a
                  href="https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/3/1313"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>On the Origin
                    of SARS-CoV-2: Did Cell Culture Experiments Lead to
                    Increased Virulence of the Progenitor Virus for
                    Humans?</strong></a> Bernd Kaina. May 2021, 35 (3)
                1313-1326; DOI: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                  href="https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12384">https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12384</a></p>
              <p><em>Antiviral Research</em>. <a
href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166354220300528?via%3Dihub"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The spike
                    glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV
                    contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of
                    the same clade</strong></a>. Bruno Coutard et al.
                February 10, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104742</p>
              <p><em>Preprint. </em> <a
href="https://img-prod.tgcom24.mediaset.it/images/2020/02/16/114720192-5eb8307f-017c-4075-a697-348628da0204.pdf"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The possible
                    origins of 2019-nCoV coronavirus</strong></a>. Botao
                Xiao. February 2020. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21799.29601</p>
              <p><em>Infectious Diseases & Immunity. </em><a
href="https://journals.lww.com/idi/Fulltext/2021/04000/Origins_of_SARS_CoV_2__Focusing_on_Science.2.aspx#JCL-P-3"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Origins of
                    SARS-CoV-2: Focusing on Science</strong></a>.
                Zhengli Shi. April 2021 – Volume 1, Issue 1, p.3-4 doi:
                10.1097/ID9.0000000000000008</p>
              <p><em>Environmental Chemistry Letters</em>. <a
                  href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-021-01211-0"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Should we
                    discount the laboratory origin of COVID-19?</strong></a>
                Rossana Segreto, Yuri Deigin, Kevin McCairn, Alejandro
                Sousa, Dan Sirotkin, Karl Sirotkin, Jonathan J. Couey,
                Adrian Jones & Daoyu Zhang. March 25, 2021.</p>
              <p><em>Environmental Chemistry Letters</em>. <a
                  href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-020-01151-1"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Tracing the
                    origins of SARS-COV-2 in coronavirus phylogenies: a
                    review</strong></a>. Erwan Sallard, José Halloy,
                Didier Casane, Etienne Decroly and Jacques van Helden.
                February 4, 2021. doi: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01151-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01151-1</a></p>
              <p><i>The Lancet</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clinical
                    features of patients infected with 2019 novel
                    coronavirus in Wuhan, China</a></strong>. Chaolin
                Huang et al. January 30, 2020. Volume 395: 497–506.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Nature. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32015507/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A
                    pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus
                    of probable bat origin</a>.</strong> Peng Zhou,
                Xing-Lou Yang, Xian-Guang Wang, Ben Hu,…and Zheng-Li
                Shi. February 3, 2020. 579(7798): 270-273.
                doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2012-7</p>
              <p><i>Nature. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2951-z"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Addendum:
                    A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new
                    coronavirus of probable bat origin</a>.</strong>
                Peng Zhou, Xing-Lou Yang, Xian-Guang Wang, Ben Hu,…and
                Zheng-Li Shi. November 17, 2020. <a
                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2951-z">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2951-z</a></p>
              <p><i>Nature Medicine</i>. <strong><a
                    href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9.pdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The
                    proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2</a>.</strong> Kristian
                G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, W. Ian Lipkin, Edward C.
                Holmes, Robert F. Garry. April 2020. Volume 26, pages
                450-455.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Journal of Medical Virology</i>. <strong><a
                    href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmv.26478"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Questions
                    concerning the proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2</a></strong>.
                Murat Seyran, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi…and Adam M.
                Brufsky. September 3, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26478"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26478</a><span> </span></p>
              <p><i>BioEssays. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000091"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Might
                    SARS‐CoV‐2 have arisen via serial passage through an
                    animal host or cell culture?</a></strong> Karl
                Sirotkin and Dan Sirotkin. August 12, 2020. <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000091"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
                  https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000091</a></p>
              <p><i>Frontiers in Public Health.</i> <strong><a
href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.581569/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Public_Health&id=581569"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lethal
                    pneumonia cases in Mojiang miners (2012) and the
                    mineshaft could provide important clues to the
                    origin of SARS-CoV-2</a>.</strong> Monali Rahalkar
                and Rahul Bahulikar. September 17, 2020. doi:
                10.3389/fpubh.2020.581569</p>
              <p><span><em>BioEssays</em>. </span><a
                  href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000240"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>The
                    genetic structure of SARS‐CoV‐2 does not rule out a
                    laboratory origin</strong></a>. Rossana Segreto and
                Yuri Deigin. November 17, 2020. <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000240">https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000240</a></p>
              <p><i>bioRxiv. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.01.073262v1"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SARS-CoV-2
                    is well adapted for humans. What does this mean for
                    re-emergence?</a></strong> Shing Hei Zhan, Benjamin
                E. Deverman, Yujia Alina Chan. May 2, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.01.073262"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.01.073262</a><span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Zenodo</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://zenodo.org/record/4119263#.X5p7h5KSk2y">Where
                    Did the 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic Begin and How Did
                    it Spread? The People’s Liberation Army Hospital in
                    Wuhan China and Line 2 of the Wuhan Metro System Are
                    Compelling Answers</a></strong>. Steven Carl Quay.
                October 28, 2020. doi: <small><a
                    href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4119262">10.5281/zenodo.4119262</a></small></p>
              <p><em>Zenodo</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://zenodo.org/record/4477081#"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Bayesian analysis
                    concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2</a>
                  is not a natural zoonosis but instead is laboratory
                  derived</strong>. Dr. Steven Quay. January 29, 2021.</p>
              <p><i>Minerva</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.minervanett.no/files/2020/07/13/TheEvidenceNoNaturalEvol.pdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The
                    evidence which suggests that this is no naturally
                    evolved virus: A reconstructed historical aetiology
                    of the SARS-CoV-2 spike</a></strong>. Birger
                Sørensen, Angus Dalgleish & Andres Susrud. July 1,
                2020.</p>
              <p><i>ResearchGate</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340924249_Is_considering_a_genetic-manipulation_origin_for_SARS-CoV-2_a_conspiracy_theory_that_must_be_censored?enrichId=rgreq-2690fd897d30d7e5ad37ab0c187e9d5f-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzM0MDkyNDI0OTtBUzo4OTgzNjM5ODU3Njg0NTBAMTU5MTE5ODA3MzM5Mg%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is
                    considering a genetic-manipulation origin for
                    SARS-CoV-2 a conspiracy theory that must be
                    censored?</a></strong> Rossana Segreto and Yuri
                Deigin. April 2020. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31358.13129/1</p>
              <p><i>Preprints. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202006.0044/v1"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Major
                    concerns on the identification of bat coronavirus
                    strain RaTG13 and quality of related Nature paper</a>.</strong>
                Xiaoxu Lin, Shizhong Chen. June 5, 2020. 2020060044.
                doi: 10.20944/preprints202006.0044.v1<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Preprints. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202008.0205/v1"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The
                    abnormal nature of the fecal swab sample used for
                    NGS analysis of RaTG13 genome sequence imposes a
                    question on the correctness of the RaTG13 sequence</a>.</strong>
                Monali Rahalkar and Rahul Bahulikar. August 11, 2020.
                doi: 10.20944/preprints202008.0205.v1<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>OSF Preprints</i>. <strong><a
                    href="https://osf.io/d9e5g/" target="_blank"
                    rel="noopener noreferrer">COVID-19, SARS and bats
                    coronaviruses genomes unexpected exogeneous RNA
                    sequences</a></strong>. Jean-Claude Perez and Luc
                Montagnier. April 25, 2020. doi:10.31219/osf.io/d9e5g<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Zenodo</i>. <strong><a
                    href="https://zenodo.org/record/3975589"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HIV
                    man-manipulated coronavirus genome evolution trends</a></strong>.
                Jean-Claude Perez and Luc Montagnier. August 2, 2020.<span> </span></p>
              <p><i>Emerging Microbes & Infections</i>. <strong><a
href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1727299"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HIV-1 did
                    not contribute to the 2019-nCoV genome</a>.</strong>
                Xiao Chuan, Li Xiaojun, Liu Shuying, Sang Yongming, Gao
                Shou-Jiang and Gao Feng. 2020. 9(1): 378-381. doi:
                10.1080/22221751.2020.1727299</p>
              <p><em>Nature</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2169-0#citeas">Identifying
                    SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan
                    pangolins</a></strong>. Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Na Jia,
                Ya-Wei Zhang, Marcus Ho-Hin Shum, Jia-Fu Jiang, Hua-Chen
                Zhu, Yi-Gang Tong, Yong-Xia Shi, Xue-Bing Ni, Yun-Shi
                Liao, Wen-Juan Li, Bao-Gui Jiang, Wei Wei, Ting-Ting
                Yuan, Kui Zheng, Xiao-Ming Cui, Jie Li, Guang-Qian Pei,
                Xin Qiang, William Yiu-Man Cheung, Lian-Feng Li,
                Fang-Fang Sun, Si Qin, Ji-Cheng Huang, Gabriel M. Leung,
                Edward C. Holmes, Yan-Ling Hu, Yi Guan & Wu-Chun
                Cao. March 26, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2169-0">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2169-0</a></p>
              <p><em>PLoS Pathogens</em>. <strong><a
href="https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008421">Are
                    pangolins the intermediate host of the 2019 novel
                    coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?</a></strong> Ping Liu,
                Jing-Zhe Jiang, Xiu-Feng Wan, Yan Hua, Linmiao Li,
                Jiabin Zhou, Xiaohu Wang, Fanghui Hou, Jing Chen,
                Jiejian Zou, Jinping Chen. May 14, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008421">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008421</a></p>
              <p><em>Nature</em>. <strong><a
                    href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2313-x#citeas">Isolation
                    of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan
                    pangolins</a></strong>. Kangpeng Xiao, Junqiong
                Zhai, Yaoyu Feng, Niu Zhou, Xu Zhang, Jie-Jian Zou, Na
                Li, Yaqiong Guo, Xiaobing Li, Xuejuan Shen, Zhipeng
                Zhang, Fanfan Shu, Wanyi Huang, Yu Li, Ziding Zhang,
                Rui-Ai Chen, Ya-Jiang Wu, Shi-Ming Peng, Mian Huang,
                Wei-Jun Xie, Qin-Hui Cai, Fang-Hui Hou, Wu Chen, Lihua
                Xiao & Yongyi She. May 7, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2313-x">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2313-x</a></p>
              <p><i><em>Current Biology</em>. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30360-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982220303602%3Fshowall%3Dtrue">Probable
                    Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the
                    COVID-19 Outbreak</a></strong>. Tao Zhang, Qunfu Wu,
                Zhigang Zhang. March 19, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.022">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.022</a></p>
              <p><i><em>bioRxiv</em>. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.07.184374v2.article-info">Single
                    source of pangolin CoVs with a near identical Spike
                    RBD to SARS-CoV-2</a></strong>. Yujia Alina Chan and
                Shing Hei Zhan. October 23, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.07.184374">https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.07.184374</a></p>
              <p><i>Infection, Genetics and Evolution. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134820303245?via%3Dihub"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">COVID-19:
                    Time to exonerate the pangolin from the transmission
                    of SARS-CoV-2 to humans</a></strong>. Roger Frutos,
                Jordi Serra-Cobo, Tianmu Chen and Christian A. Devaux.
                Volume 84, October 2020, 104493. <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104493"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104493</a></p>
              <p><i>bioRxiv. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.19.158717v1"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">No
                    evidence of coronaviruses or other potentially
                    zoonotic viruses in Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica)
                    entering the wildlife trade via Malaysia</a>.</strong>
                Jimmy Lee, Tom Hughes, Mei-Ho Lee, Hume Field, Jeffrine
                Japning Rovie-Ryan, Frankie Thomas Sitam, Symphorosa
                Sipangkui, Senthilvel K.S.S. Nathan, Diana Ramirez,
                Subbiah Vijay Kumar, Helen Lasimbang, Jonathan H.
                Epstein, Peter Daszak. June 19, 2020. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.19.158717"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.19.158717</a></p>
              <p><i>Cell. </i><strong><a
                    href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32220310/"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A genomic
                    perspective on the origin and emergence of
                    SARS-CoV-2.</a></strong> Yong-Zhen Zhang, Edward C.
                Holmes. April 2020 181(2):223-227. doi:
                10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.035.</p>
              <p><i>Current Biology. </i><strong><a
href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30662-X"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A novel
                    bat coronavirus closely related to SARS-CoV-2
                    contains natural insertions at the S1/S2 cleavage
                    site of the spike protein</a></strong><strong>.</strong>
                Hong Zhou, Xing Chen, Tao Hu, Juan Li, Hao Song, Yanran
                Liu, Peihan Wang, Di Liu, Jing Yang, Edward C. Holmes,
                Alice C. Hughes, Yuhai Bi, and Weifeng Shi. June 8,
                2020. 30: 2196-2203. doi: <a
                  href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.023"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.023</a></p>
              <p><em>aRxiv</em>. <a
                  href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.00627"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The bat
                    coronavirus RmYN02 is characterized by a
                    6-nucleotide deletion at the S1/S2 junction, and its
                    claimed PAA insertion is highly doubtful</strong></a>.
                Yuri Deigin and Rossana Segreto. December 1, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Zenodo</i>. <strong><a
                    href="https://zenodo.org/record/4028830"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unusual
                    features of the SARS-CoV-2 genome suggesting
                    sophisticated laboratory modification rather than
                    natural evolution and delineation of its probable
                    synthetic route</a></strong>. Li-Meng Yan, Shu Kang,
                Jie Guan, and Shanchang Hu. September 14, 2020. doi:
                10.5281/zenodo.4028829 <span> </span></p>
              <p><em>Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security</em>. <strong><a
href="https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2020/200921-in-response-yan.pdf">In
                    Response: Yan et al Preprint Examinations of the
                    Origin of SARS-CoV-2</a></strong>. Kelsey Lane
                Warmbrod, Rachel M. West, Nancy D. Connell and Gigi Kwik
                Gronvall. September 21, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>Zenodo. </em><a
                  href="https://zenodo.org/record/4063813#.X3yFAi9h3_9"><strong>Proposed
                    SARS-CoV-2 Spillover During 2019 Review of Samples
                    from a Mineshaft in Mojiang, Yunnan Province, China</strong></a>.
                Anonymous. September 14, 2020. doi:
                10.5281/zenodo.4029544</p>
              <p><em>ResearchGate</em>. <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349073738_An_investigation_into_the_WIV_databases_that_were_taken_offline"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>An
                    investigation into the WIV databases that were taken
                    offline.</strong></a> Billy Bostickson et al.
                February 2021.</p>
              <p><em>ResearchGate</em>. <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350485858_Wuhan_Institute_of_Biological_Products_Co"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Wuhan Institute
                    of Biological Products Co</strong></a>. Rodolphe de
                Maistre, Gilles Demaneuf and Billy Bostickson. March
                2021.</p>
              <p><em>Zenodo</em>. <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350409839_1_PROPOSED_FORENSIC_INVESTIGATION_OF_WUHAN_LABORATORIES"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> 1. Proposed
                    Forensic Investigation of Wuhan Laboratories</strong></a>.
                Billy Bostickson and Yvette Ghannam. March 2021. DOI:
                10.5281/zenodo.4640383</p>
              <p><em>ResearchGate</em>. <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350515493_2_INVESTIGATION_OF_RaTG13_AND_THE_7896_CLADE"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2.
                    Investigation of RaTG13 and the 7896 Clade</strong></a>.
                Billy Bostickson and Yvette Ghannam. March 2021. DOI:
                10.13140/RG.2.2.22382.33607</p>
              <p><em>ResearchGate</em>. <a
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350887648_3_WUHAN_LABORATORIES_BAT_RESEARCH_AND_BIOSAFETY"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>3. Wuhan
                    Laboratories, Bat Research and Biosafety</strong></a>.
                Billy Bostickson and Yvette Ghannam. April 2021. DOI:
                10.13140/RG.2.2.32006.29761</p>
              <h2>Investigative blog articles on the origins of
                SARS-CoV-2</h2>
              <p><i>Medium</i>. <strong><a
href="https://medium.com/@yurideigin/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-through-the-lens-of-gain-of-function-research-f96dd7413748"
                    target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lab-made?
                    SARS-CoV-2 genealogy through the lens of
                    gain-of-function research</a></strong>. Yuri Deigin.
                April 22, 2020.</p>
              <p><em>Medium</em>. <a
href="https://mygenomix.medium.com/fearsome-viruses-and-where-to-find-them-4e6b0ac6e602"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Fearsome
                    viruses and where to find them</strong></a>. Moreno
                Colaiacovo. November 15, 2020.</p>
              <p><i>Medium. </i><a
href="https://gillesdemaneuf.medium.com/early-cases-of-suspected-covid-19-in-wuhan-feb-20-data-collection-b7740ed1436f"
                  target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Rushed data
                    collection of suspected early Covid-19 cases in
                    Wuhan</b></a><b>. </b>Gilles Demaneuf. October 15,
                2020.</p>
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