NEW YORK, April 17 (Xinhua) — The recent Washington Post editorial that presented the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 released from Wuhan, China, has been condemned by scientists as swimming against the tide of clinical evidence, according to a foreign socialist news site.
The World Socialist Web Site reported Sunday that over the past month, scientists have revealed direct tactics in which animals transferred SARS-CoV-2 to humans through zoonosis, the process that has given rise to every human pandemic in history.
The most recent study, conducted by Dr. Florence Debarre, an evolutionary biologist at France’s National Center for Scientific Research, found that samples containing SARS-CoV-2 from the Wuhan Wet Market also contained DNA from animals, such as raccoon dogs, according to the report.
However, on Saturday, the Washington Post published an editorial peddling the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 published through the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to the report, noting that “the editorial addresses the developing framework of clinical evidence that refutes its claims by ignoring it. “”
The editorial criticized through scientists, according to the report. “One thing is clear: if indeed ‘there is a new light’ on this issue, it is not coming from WashPost,” he added, quoting vaccinologist Peter Hotez. reckless speculations that forget the preponderance of clinical evidence published in primary journals. “
“The Post’s task of swimming in opposition to the tide of overwhelming clinical consensus is more complicated as the weight of clinical evidence builds in favor of herbal origins,” he added.