Origin of COVID-19: dismissing the Mojiang mine theory and the laboratory accident narrative

Frutos Roger, Javelle Emilie, Barberot Celine, Gavotte Laurent, Tissot-Dupont Herve, Devaux Christian. 2022. Origin of COVID-19: dismissing the Mojiang mine theory and the laboratory accident narrative. Environmental Research, 204 (Part B):112141, 5 p.

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : The origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still the subject of a controversial debate. The natural origin theory is confronted to the laboratory leak theory. The latter is composite and comprises contradictory theories, one being the leak of a naturally occurring virus and the other the leak of a genetically engineered virus. The laboratory leak theory is essentially based on a publication by Rahalkar and Bahulikar in 2020 linking SARS-CoV-2 to the Mojiang mine incident in 2012 during which six miners fell sick and three died. We analyzed the clinical reports. The diagnosis is not that of COVID-19 or SARS. SARS-CoV-2 was not present in the Mojiang mine. We also bring arguments against the laboratory leak narrative.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère, covid-19, provenance, génie génétique, industrie minière, accidents, virologie

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Chine

Mots-clés libres : COVID-19, Origin of SARS-CoV-2, Mojiang mine, Clinical diagnosis

Auteurs et affiliations

• Frutos Roger, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR INTERTRYP (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Javelle Emilie, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital (FRA)
• Barberot Celine, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital (FRA)
• Gavotte Laurent, UM2 (FRA)
• Tissot-Dupont Herve, IHU Méditerranée Infection (FRA)
• Devaux Christian, IRD (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605349/)

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