Origins of SARS-CoV-2

The origins of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are hotly debated, but crucially important for understanding the totality of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• DRASTIC (informal research group investigating SARS-CoV-2 origins)
• Earlier Origins Hypothesis
• Genetic Engineering Hypothesis
• Lab Leak Hypothesis
• Venom Poisoning Hypothesis
• Zoonotic Origins Hypothesis
• Other Origins Hypotheses

• September 14, 2020 - In an interview published by HuffPost, Baric stated unequivocally that genetic engineering of a virus can occur with or without leaving a trace, including a potential personal signature.¹⁾
• February 16, 2021, “Why China and the WHO Will Never Find a Zoonotic Origin For the COVID-19 Pandemic Virus” by Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD.²⁾
• Apr 1, 2021 - Dan Serotka opines on quasispecies mutant swarms.³⁾
• May 2, 2021 (Nicholas Wade) Commentary on theories
• Aug 17, 2021 (thebulletin) How C19’s origins were obscured, by East and West.
• Feb 22, 2022 Dr. Robert Malone discusses the Wuhan lab leak theory with EcoHealth Alliance whistleblower Andrew Huff.⁴⁾

• Charles Rixey's The Myth of the Blind Watchmaker

• May 23, 2021 (judithcurry) Collapse of the fake consensus on C19 origins
• Kristian Anderson's deleted tweets (source). (archived)
  • Anderson emailed Fauci on Jan 31, Fauci responded Feb 1; and the draft of the Natural Origins paper was complete on Feb 1.
• June 6, 2021 (Alex Berenson) Anderson told Fauci SC2 looked engineered, then later that day publicly said the opposite!
• Aug 11, 2021 (usrtk) Scientist who authored article denying lab engineering privately acknowledged possible lab origin.
  • Shan-Lu Liu (Ohio State)
• February 10, 2022 - WIV Virologist Shi Zhengli employs a “personal propagandist” to handle public relations.⁵⁾

Australian virologist Dr. Edward Holmes was targeted for congressional investigation for allegedly covering up evidence regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2.⁶⁾

On the 12th Sep 2019, the main database administered by Shi Zhengli of samples and viral sequences at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) went offline. At some point, each of the other 15 virus databases managed by the WIV was taken offline.⁷⁾

A FOIA filed by the Virginia group Empower Oversight Whistleblowers and Researchers revealed that on June 16, 2020, the NIH deleted genetic sequencing data from Wuhan at the behest of a Wuhan researcher. From those documents: “Professor Trevor Bedford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center later sent the group an email stating that the deleted data seemed to support the idea that the pandemic began outside the Huanan market in Wuhan and that the matter must be analyzed properly.”⁸⁾

In April 2022, an NIH spokesperson stated that the data was “suppressed”, but not deleted.⁹⁾

• Mar 5, 2022 - Charles Rixey contests data from Worobey paper studying Wuhan outbreak.¹⁰⁾

This section may also include, or even be dominated by “investigations” that were meant to deceive rather than reveal information.

Peter Daszak admitted that he and the investigatory team did not even ask for the missing bat virus database from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.¹¹⁾

• The NIH continues to withhold critical documents that could shed light on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.¹²⁾

Note that some of these hypotheses are not mutually exclusive.

• December 20, 2021 - Evidence for a Potential Pre-Pandemic SARS-like Coronavirus Among Animals in North America¹³⁾

https://www.moonofshanghai.com/2022/03/en-larry-romanoff-covid-19-theory-i.html#more

The coronavirus may not have originated in China, says Oxford professor.¹⁴⁾