Did scientists stifle the lab-leak theory? – UnHerd

Such was his fury with government actions last summer that Farrar sent a memo to colleagues about the need to be honest and transparent . So why does he decline to answer questions about his own actions in early days of this pandemic that led to the crushing of discussion over possibility that it might be the result of some kind of incident involving one of Wuhan s laboratories? These include Wuhan Institute of Virology, the biggest bat coronavirus research unit in Asia that was carrying out risky experiments and had known safety concerns. 

It was odd for a spillover event, from animals to humans, to take off in people so immediately and spectacularly in a city with a biolab writes Farrar especially with a new virus that seemed almost designed to infect human cells . Many others had similar suspicions and in recent weeks, such concerns have started being taken more seriously. 

via unherd.com

This is starting to look like a familiar pattern.