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MIT/Harvard's Alina Chan to release Lab-Leak Book with Matt Ridley

MIT/Harvard's Alina Chan to release Lab-Leak Book with Matt Ridley

Molecular biologist Alina Chan has been a lab-leak sleuth; now she's releasing a new book with Matt Ridley about the lab-leak hypothesis

Molecular biologist Alina Chan has been a lab-leak sleuth; now she's releasing a new book with Matt Ridley about the lab-leak hypothesis

Molecular biologist Alina Chan is set to release Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 collaboration with zoologist and MP Matt Ridley. Chan uses social media, which offers a sneak peak into some of the book's ideas: 

Screen capture of Alina Chan's Twitter post: https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1443371975741673475

Screen capture of Alina Chan's Twitter post: https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1443371975741673475

Given the fact that Beijing has taken measures to frustrate any sort of real investigation, for example by taking down a database of viruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chan and Ridley have had to engage in a mix of enlightened speculation and sleuthing.

In the following video, Ridley discusses his journey with Chan to discuss the origins of the virus, including likely U.S. government involvement in funding dangerous research.