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Fits and starts: SARS-CoV-2’s origin

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Aug 19, 2021 • 21m

In the end, the World Health Organisation’s report in March revealed little. We ask why the coronavirus origin story is so crucial, and whether China will ever let it be told. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will struggle to square his current green promises with his past love—and his party’s—of cars. And the forgotten cooks in fried chicken’s history.

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