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Invited Commentary

Commentary on “COVID-19 Pandemic Origins: Bioweapons and the History of Laboratory Leaks”

Authors: G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, DBioethics

Abstract

In his perspective entitled “COVID-19 Pandemic Origins: Bioweapons and the History of Laboratory Leaks,” Dr Dacre Knight has endeavored to provide an evidence-based and historical contextual rejection of speculative theories regarding the origin of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus as a research bioweapon that was accidentally leaked from a state-run laboratory in Wuhan, China, causing a global pandemic.1 Within the limitations of confirmed scientific information, these conspiracy theories are debunked by the author, and his arguments are certainly cogent and understandable.
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References

1. Knight D. COVID-19 pandemic origins: bioweapons and the history of laboratory leaks. South Med J 2021;114:465-467.