Xinhua News Agency, Wellington, July 9th: "The current evidence shows that the spread of the new crown virus is closer to a'natural event'"-Interview with David Hyman, an infectious disease ecologist at Massey University in New Zealand
Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Lei and Lu Huaiqian
David Hyman, an infectious disease ecologist at Massey University in New Zealand, recently told Xinhua News Agency reporters that so far, the so-called "laboratory leak" argument is limited to individual indirect rather than direct evidence
"I agree with the traceability report issued by the World Health Organization," Hyman said.
From the perspective of viral transmission, Hyman believes that incidents such as the spread of the new crown virus are not surprising
Earlier in June, Hyman and Gemma Gegan, a virologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, questioned the "laboratory leak" conspiracy theory
Hyman pointed out that scientific research requires direct evidence and data accumulation, rather than subjective speculation
Heyman admitted that he has been maliciously attacked by some people on social media since he published the academic view that "a laboratory leak is unlikely," but he didn't take it seriously
"I think all countries and media should
"It takes time and patience
Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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