# Long but Informative Article on the Origins of the Virus

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-but-informative-article-on-the-origins-of-the-virus/942353 "2021-05-18T08:12:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-but-informative-article-on-the-origins-of-the-virus/942353/109 "2021-06-18T23:18:35Z")

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> [@EastUmpqua](#):
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> Did you read the article? It’s possible that covid-19 underwent gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and escaped.

As I stated in the other thread - [A theory I saw about how COVID may have escaped from the Wuhan lab - #262 by Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-theory-i-saw-about-how-covid-may-have-escaped-from-the-wuhan-lab/933082/262)

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