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COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab <[link removed]> The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic’s onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal. Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give the clearest view yet of a biocomplex in crisis. by Katherine Eban, Vanity Fair, and Jeff Kao, ProPublica

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