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BBC Radio 4
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The Hunt for Covid's Origin
Cover-ups, coincidences, and conspiracy theories: where did Covid come from?
John Sudworth was the BBC's China correspondent when an unexplained pneumonia started worrying Wuhan doctors in December 2019. Since then, he's been investigating the origin of the virus that would turn into a devastating global pandemic.
From the beginning, there have been claims of certainty. Many scientists say the virus that causes Covid came from nature - probably carried from bats to other animals, and then to humans in a Wuhan market.
But an alternative possibility - that it leaked from a...
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“I got halfway through episode four before giving up. There is all the difference in the world between possible and probable, and this seemed to be flogging the comatose horse of the merely possible.”
Old Friend of CCCC via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/05/24
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“Powerful investigation. Keep asking those questions.”
poop_pants via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/25/23
“I don’t know if the reporter is motivated by paranoia and miss trust because of his time in China or simply being sensationalist to stretch out the series. It spoils a good show”
AussieYankeeFan via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/15/23
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