A: Experts agree: “Virtually no chance.”
NPR canvassed ten leading researchers specializing in coronaviruses and/or lab accidents, all of whom share the view that this virus was first transmitted to humans by animals in a real-world setting.
As Robert Garry, a microbiologist at Tulane, goes on to explain: “The virus is really too good at doing what it’s doing. No human using a computer could do this.”
-Lindsey
