Did West Africa's Ebola Outbreak of 2014 Have a Lab Origin? - Independent Science News | Food,...

Revisiting 2014. Some might recall the 2014 Ebola outbreak and that it was handled early on so it did not spread world-wide. I covered a lot of territory in Africa. We knew how to do damage control - had a good plan, good management and it worked. Was so much forgotten within 5 years by 2019 when covid showed up in WA state - and the response seemed to mostly be hand-wringing? This article is not about that. However it does ask questions that I do not recall people were asking about origin at the time.

"Zaire Ebola in 2014: the prima facie case for a lab origin

After Ebola was first confirmed by laboratory tests in mid-March 2014, persistent rumours in the region linked the outbreak to a US-run research laboratory in Kenema, Sierra Leone (Wilkinson, 2017). This facility studies viral hemorrhagic diseases, of which Ebola is one . . . . "

Rumors are rumors. Sometimes they raise questions that should be asked about cause and effect. When there are no answers, or no easy answers without conflicting information, it motivates needed research.