Covid likely originated from Wuhan lab, scientists say after running a risk analysis on the cause of the global pandemic in 2020. The lab leak theory was initially dismissed as a fringe conspiracy theory but research into the origins of Covid has brought it into mainstream debate. Most studies initially focused on a zoonotic event (a spillover from animals to humans). This led researchers to the wet market in Wuhan, where cases of the virus were first reported. However, new research published in the journal Risk Analysis examined the likelihood of an unnatural origin (i.e. from a laboratory.) …
