A top Chinese virologist speaks out |
To the Chinese government and public, Shi Zhengli, who works at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is a hero who helped curb the epidemic. To American politicians and scientists, she is the key to whether the world will learn if the virus escaped from a lab. |
“How on earth can I offer up evidence for something where there is no evidence?” she said in a rare interview with Times reporters, her voice rising in anger during the brief, unscheduled conversation. |
Over email, she denounced suspicions of the lab origins theory as baseless, including the allegations that several of her colleagues may have been ill before the outbreak emerged. |
The big question: The speculation boils down to one central question: Did Dr. Shi’s lab hold any source of the new coronavirus before the pandemic erupted? Dr. Shi’s answer is an emphatic no. But China’s refusal to allow an independent investigation into her lab, or to share data on its research, make it difficult to validate Dr. Shi’s claims. |
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