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100 1 _aGRONVALL Gigi Kwik
245 _aThe contested origin of SARS-CoV-2/
_cGigi Kwik Gronvall
260 _c2021
520 _aThis article describes what is known about the origin of SARS-CoV-2, with implications for policy, biological research and public-health surveillance. Theories about the origin include a natural emergence; a laboratory accident with a naturally harvested strain; an accident with a naturally harvested strain modified in a laboratory; and the deliberate creation of a biological weapon. While available scientific evidence points to a natural zoonotic event as the origin of SARS-CoV-2, this paper recommends specific steps governments and scientific institutions should take to address uncertainties about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to make all potential causes for a pandemic less likely to produce one in the future. Immediate steps include promoting international scientific collaboration, addressing scientific misinformation and disinformation, fully implementing 'One Health' and reining in the illegal wildlife trade.
650 _aCOVID-19
650 _aPANDEMIC
_xCORONAVIRUS
_xSARS-COV-2
650 _aWUHAN
_xCHINA
650 _aWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
_xPUBLIC HEALTH
_xILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE
_xONE HEALTH
773 _aSurvival:
_gVol.63, No.6, December 2021-January 2022, pp.7-36 (106)
598 _aCOVID-19, HEALTH
856 _uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2021.2006442
_zClick here for full text
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