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List of good sources with good coverage to help expand. Not necessarily for inclusion but just for consideration. Preferably not articles that just discuss a single quote/press conference. The long-style reporting would be even better. Feel free to edit directly to add to the list.
ProcrastinatingReader (
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17:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)reply
Holmes, Edward C.; Goldstein, Stephen A.; Rasmussen, Angela L.; Robertson, David L.; Crits-Christoph, Alexander; Wertheim, Joel O.; Anthony, Simon J.; Barclay, Wendy S.; Boni, Maciej F.; Doherty, Peter C.; Farrar, Jeremy; Geoghegan, Jemma L.; Jiang, Xiaowei; Leibowitz, Julian L.; Neil, Stuart J.D.; Skern, Tim; Weiss, Susan R.; Worobey, Michael; Andersen, Kristian G.; Garry, Robert F.; Rambaut, Andrew (August 2021).
"The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review". Cell. 184 (19): 4848–4856.
doi:
10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.017.
PMIDÂ
34480864.
Zhang, Yong-Zhen; Holmes, Edward C. (April 2020). "A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2". Cell. 181 (2): 223–227.
doi:
10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.035.
PMIDÂ
32220310.
Testimony of John Radcliffe, US Director of National Intelligence 2020-2021, House Hearing on the Origins of COVID-19, Transcript:
[3]; C-Span, 18 April 2024, 16.37mins
[4]
References
PCR testing
Someone switched the order of paragraphs under
§ PCR testing so that the first sentence read: In reality, the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 is highly sensitive to the virus, and testing laboratories have controls in place to prevent and detect contamination. This is hard to understand without first having any mention of the false claims about "problems" like these. I've restored the original order so it makes more sense. —
Sangdeboeuf (
talk)
00:27, 13 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Misinformation on school safety
Schools in the U.S. were kept closed long after it was proven that they were not a significant risk for transmission. This should be cited in the article. Here are some sources for the true information about the risk of keeping schools open:
May 28, 2020: Reopening schools in Denmark did not worsen outbreak, data shows
Doesn't seem to be any "misinformation". The relative benefits and harms of school closure in various countries may have been debated and re-assessed over time; that's more "science" than misinformation. See
PMID:34311990.
Bon courage (
talk)
04:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)reply
" to stoke anti-China sentiments, and has led to increased anti-Asian activity on social media and in the real world.
How exactly are the claims that the virus escaped froma a laboratory in China or whatever is meant to spark anti chinese sentiment? How do you people make this connections?
46.97.169.192 (
talk)
13:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The content you quote is referenced to newspaper articles. They are linked in the footnotes so you can read about the details. The "connection" is not made by made Wikipedia editors. We merely reflect what
reliable sources state. Kind regards,
Robby.is.on (
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13:31, 24 June 2024 (UTC)reply