The Coronavirus pandemic has, without a doubt, been one of the most crazy things we’ve all gone through. Our world has been irreversibly altered through the effects of the virus. We all still wear masks every day and barely even think about it anymore. Even after nearly two years, the source of the pandemic remains relatively unknown. The most widely known speculation is that it passed from bats to humans. While this idea is widely accepted, there is another theory that Covid 19 was spread as a biological weapon. 

In reality, this conspiracy theory doesn’t hold a lot of weight. The virus has spread throughout the entire world evenly. Although some regions were able to minimize the damage through lockdowns and quarantine, virtually no place remains unscathed. It’s doubtful that any country would formulate a weapon that affects its own population. However, this doesn’t mean that Covid 19 wasn’t man made. 

According to an NPR podcast Calls For An Open Investigation Into The Possibility COVID-19 Leaked From A Lab, “…there’s more circumstantial evidence that it came from a lab then it came through a series of zoonotic jumps through intermediate animal hosts because there’s no evidence of that.” The theory was even investigated by the Biden administration in May. In addition, it has come to light that the US actually contributed funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the very lab Covid is suspected to have originated. 

So, did Covid come from a bat or a lab? Did the United States have a part to play? Is the country only investigating the lab to cover its tracks? If more information isn’t exposed, there is no way to know. 

Sources

Ruwitch, John. “Calls for an Open Investigation into the Possibility Covid-19 Leaked from A Lab.” NPR, NPR, 31 Mar. 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/983157441/calls-for-an-open-investigation-into-the-possibm ility-covid-19-leaked-from-a-lab.

team, Reality Check. “Coronavirus: Was US Money Used to Fund Risky Research in China?” BBC News, BBC, 2 Aug. 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/57932699.