In an age of antibiotics and scientific reason, we like to think we’re more rational than our forebears. But the early history of conspiracy theories suggests some behaviours persist through time.
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Without a review of what went wrong with intelligence gathering and analysis during the pandemic, we’re missing a golden opportunity to improve our intelligence agencies.
For the lab leak theory to be true, SARS-CoV-2 must have been present in the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the pandemic started. But there’s not a single piece of data suggesting this.
It’s more evidence a lab leak is very unlikely.
The difference between conspiratorial thinking and believing the official narrative isn’t necessarily as big as you might you think.
We may never know whether the pandemic began with a leak at the Wuhan lab. But even the possibility shows we need a universal biosafety code to prevent something similar happening in future.
The lab accident theory of the origins of Covid-19 has gained traction in recent months. We need a proper investigation to find out what really happened.
Does it matter where COVID came from? In the ongoing war of words between the US and China, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer with School of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Behavioural Business Lab Member, RMIT University
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Professor, Intelligence and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Melissa Conley Tyler adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, génétique et évolution, Université Paris Cité
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Directeur de recherche en virologie, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medieval Literature, University of Otago
