Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A fact-check of Nicholas Wade's article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, claiming a possible man-made origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus. Please note this is NOT the same as a lab leak. For my videos on a possible lab leak, see:
youtu.be/ab-r0capbzk
youtu.be/aX1EqRuVeU0
Sources are below.
PLEASE NOTE: It looks like my technology skills are fine -- the ads aren't running because YouTube deemed the content to be 'unsuitable' for advertisers. I've appealed the decision.
CORRECTION: At 2:13 I said "the science shows it's manmade." That should be: "the science shows it's not manmade."
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SOURCES FOR THIS VIDEO:
Criticism of Wade by geneticists:
sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/geneticists-decry-book-race-and-evolution
Wade's article:
thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan
Anderson et al 2020:
" The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2"
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
How long it takes to make a backbone:
https://leelabvirus.host/covid19/origins-part3
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/coronavirus-lab-manmade-myth-debunked-2020-6?r=US&IR=T
NIH funding brief:
reporter.nih.gov/search/xQW6UJmWfUuOV01ntGvLwQ/project-details/9819304
A fact-check of Nicholas Wade's article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, claiming a possible man-made origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus. Please note this is NOT the same as a lab leak. For my videos on a possible lab leak, see:
youtu.be/ab-r0capbzk
youtu.be/aX1EqRuVeU0
Sources are below.
PLEASE NOTE: It looks like my technology skills are fine -- the ads aren't running because YouTube deemed the content to be 'unsuitable' for advertisers. I've appealed the decision.
CORRECTION: At 2:13 I said "the science shows it's manmade." That should be: "the science shows it's not manmade."
DONATIONS TO CHARITY:
The charity I urge people to donate to (instead of sending money to me) is called Health in Harmony (see my video youtube.com/watch?v=j9-GRugP9pU.) It funds hospitals and affordable health care to villages on the edge of forest reserves, in return for a pledge not to cut down trees. The pledges are monitored, and the result has been a dramatic decrease in deforestation rates and an increase in the health of the local population.
Thanks to your generous contributions, the founders are spreading the idea to other countries.
See also psmag.com/social-justice/save-the-trees-well-save-your-life-46121 for an explanation of their work.
Even though ads are now running on my videos and Health in Harmony is the beneficiary, you can still support this channel by making a donation by bank transfer here…
healthinharmony.org/donate
Please mention Potholer54 sent you, because I monitor how much of an impact my videos are having on the charity's income. Thanks.
SOURCES FOR THIS VIDEO:
Criticism of Wade by geneticists:
sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/geneticists-decry-book-race-and-evolution
Wade's article:
thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan
Anderson et al 2020:
" The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2"
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
How long it takes to make a backbone:
https://leelabvirus.host/covid19/origins-part3
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/coronavirus-lab-manmade-myth-debunked-2020-6?r=US&IR=T
NIH funding brief:
reporter.nih.gov/search/xQW6UJmWfUuOV01ntGvLwQ/project-details/9819304
