The COVID lab-leak hypothesis: what scientists do and don't know.

@article{Maxmen2021TheCL,
  title={The COVID lab-leak hypothesis: what scientists do and don't know.},
  author={Amy Maxmen and Smriti Mallapaty},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2021}
}
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