An appeal for an objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2

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. 2021 Oct 16;398(10309):1402-1404.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02019-5. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

An appeal for an objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2

Jacques van Helden¹, Colin D Butler², Guillaume Achaz³, Bruno Canard⁴, Didier Casane⁵, Jean-Michel Claverie⁶, Fabien Colombo⁷, Virginie Courtier⁸, Richard H Ebright⁹, François Graner¹⁰, Milton Leitenberg¹¹, Serge Morand¹², Nikolai Petrovsky¹³, Rossana Segreto¹⁴, Etienne Decroly⁴, José Halloy¹⁵

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¹ Lab Theory and Approaches of Genome Complexity, INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. Electronic address: jacques.van-helden@univ-amu.fr.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
³ Université de Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Collège de France, Paris, France.
⁴ Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
⁵ Université de Paris, CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
⁶ Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
⁷ Université Bordeaux Montaigne, MICA, Pessac, France.
⁸ Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Paris, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.
⁹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ MSC, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 7057, Paris, France.
¹¹ School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹² Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.
¹³ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹⁴ University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
¹⁵ LIED, CNRS UMR 8236, Université de Paris, Paris, France.

PMID: 34543608
PMCID: PMC8448488
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02019-5

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An appeal for an objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2

Jacques van Helden et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 16;398(10309):1402-1404.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02019-5. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

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¹ Lab Theory and Approaches of Genome Complexity, INSERM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. Electronic address: jacques.van-helden@univ-amu.fr.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
³ Université de Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Collège de France, Paris, France.
⁴ Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
⁵ Université de Paris, CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
⁶ Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
⁷ Université Bordeaux Montaigne, MICA, Pessac, France.
⁸ Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Paris, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.
⁹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ MSC, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 7057, Paris, France.
¹¹ School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹² Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.
¹³ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
¹⁴ University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
¹⁵ LIED, CNRS UMR 8236, Université de Paris, Paris, France.

PMID: 34543608
PMCID: PMC8448488
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02019-5

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JvH, CDB, ED, and JH contributed equally. They wrote the first version of the manuscript, integrated the other authors' modifications, and managed the interactions with the editors. All the other authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript and acknowledged the latest version. We declare no competing interests.

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Keusch GT, Lam SK, Mackenzie JS, Saif L, Turner M. Keusch GT, et al. Lancet. 2021 Oct 16;398(10309):1404-1405. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02013-4. Epub 2021 Sep 17. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 34543607 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Science, not speculation, is essential to determine how SARS-CoV-2 reached humans.
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[1] Calisher CH, Carroll D, Colwell R, et al. Science, not speculation, is essential to determine how SARS-CoV-2 reached humans. Lancet. 2021;398:209–211. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Calisher CH, Carroll D, Colwell R, et al. Science, not speculation, is essential to determine how SARS-CoV-2 reached humans. Lancet. 2021;398:209–211. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Calisher C, Carroll D, Colwell R, et al. Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. Lancet. 2020;395:e42–e43. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Calisher C, Carroll D, Colwell R, et al. Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. Lancet. 2020;395:e42–e43. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Thacker PD. The COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis: did the media fall victim to a misinformation campaign? BMJ. 2021;374 - PubMed

[6] Thacker PD. The COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis: did the media fall victim to a misinformation campaign? BMJ. 2021;374 - PubMed

[7] Andersen KG, Rambaut A, Lipkin WI, Holmes EC, Garry RF. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med. 2020;26:450–452. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Andersen KG, Rambaut A, Lipkin WI, Holmes EC, Garry RF. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med. 2020;26:450–452. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Sallard E, Halloy J, Casane D, Decroly E, van Helden J. Tracing the origins of SARS-COV-2 in coronavirus phylogenies: a review. Environ Chem Lett. 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10311-020-01151-1 published online Feb 4. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Sallard E, Halloy J, Casane D, Decroly E, van Helden J. Tracing the origins of SARS-COV-2 in coronavirus phylogenies: a review. Environ Chem Lett. 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10311-020-01151-1 published online Feb 4. - PMC - PubMed

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