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The COVID pandemic's origins are still a mystery - Axios

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Six years on, no government or lab has cracked COVID's origin — and experts now say a definitive answer may never come.

Burden of ProofOccam's RazorEpistemic ClosurePrincipal-Agent Problem

Theory Briefing

  • Six years after COVID swept the world, no definitive origin — natural spillover or lab leak — has been established.
  • Axios reports that a final answer is likely permanently out of reach, leaving the question open indefinitely.
  • Two competing explanations — animal-to-human transmission and a laboratory incident — remain unresolved without conclusive evidence for either.
  • The absence of a clear answer fuels ongoing political and scientific disputes about how to prevent the next pandemic.