No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARSCoV-2
The emergence and outbreak of a newly discovered acute respiratory disease in Wuhan, China, has aected greater than 40,000 people, and killed more than 1,000 as of Feb. 10, 2020. A new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was quickly identied, and the associated disease is now referred to as coronavirus disease discovered in 2019 (COVID-19) (https://globalbiodefense.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-portal/). 3/13/2020 No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2: Emerging Microbes & Infections: Vol 9, No 1 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440 3/11 0 9 (CO 9)