Proximal Origin

The Proximal Origin is a reference to a scientific correspondence titled "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2" and the events of scientific and political controversies arising from it.[1][2] The article, published in the journal Nature Medicine on 17 March 2020, was written by a group of virologists including Kristian G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, W. Ian Lipkin, Edward C. Holmes and Robert F. Garry. The authors concluded that their genomic analyses "clearly show that SARS-CoV-2 is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus."[3] Three years after the publication, in 2023, the US Republicans raised an allegation that the scientific paper was a coverup to suppress the COVID-19 lab leak theory.[4][5]

The private deliberations of the authors (during the writing of the paper) accidentally became public[6] and became a topic of discussion and debate.[7][8]

References
  1. Jon, Cohen (2023-07-11). "Politicians, scientists spar over alleged NIH cover-up using COVID-19 origin paper". Science. doi:10.1126/science.adj7036.
  2. "Wenstrup to Hold Hearing with "Proximal Origins" Authors". United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  3. Andersen, Kristian G.; Rambaut, Andrew; Lipkin, W. Ian; Holmes, Edward C.; Garry, Robert F. (2020-03-17). "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2". Nature Medicine. 26 (4): 450–452. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9. PMC 7095063. PMID 32284615.
  4. Diamond, Dan (2023-07-14). "GOP probes covid origin paper as authors protest 'absurd' allegations". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  5. Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Mueller, Benjamin (2023-07-11). "Scientists, Under Fire From Republicans, Defend Fauci and Covid Origins Study". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. Grim, Ryan (2023-07-12). "House Republicans Accidentally Released a Trove of Damning Covid Documents". The Intercept. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  7. Birrell, Ian (2023-07-28). "The secret messages behind the lab-leak cover-up". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  8. Drum, Kevin (2023-08-11). "I read the entire Slack archive about the origin of SARS-CoV-2. There is no evidence of improper behavior". Jabberwocking. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
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