the trail of a laboratory leak is emerging

This is a hypothesis that was brushed aside at the start of the pandemic: unthinkable that the virus could have escaped from a secure laboratory in Wuhan.

But what if this cathedral of certainties were built on quicksand?

Le Figaro, “

the trail of the accidental leak becomes more credible as the disturbing elements, without being overwhelming, accumulate.

Behind the scenes, the scientific controversy has been gaining ground for months.

This materialized in a series of open letters to the WHO published since the beginning of the year by an international group of scientists (informally baptized "Paris group" because initiated by the French) calling for an investigation rigorous, without preconceptions and to greater transparency on the part of China

six workers had contracted atypical pneumonia in 2012 (three died).

Many gray areas surround this event.

Chinese authorities did not alert the WHO at the time

Le Figaro, “

it is common knowledge that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was carrying out so-called 'gain of function' work consisting in modifying the genome to study how this affects the ability of the virus to infect cells. of different species.

Research deemed sufficiently dangerous for the United States to impose a national moratorium on these practices in 2014, before lifting it in 2017.

as long as the notebooks and raw data from the Wuhan laboratories are not scrutinized, the doubt will remain,

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Le Figaro

a year and a half after having identified Sars-CoV-2, researchers have still not determined its origin, a step which is nevertheless essential to avoid a new pandemic.

And for good reason,

: the People's Republic, where the epidemic started, is doing everything to prevent it

Liberation

What will remain of the right in 2022?" 

In the Paca region, the withdrawal of LREM from the regional ones in favor of the outgoing LR, Renaud Muselier, reshuffles the cards,

Libé.

While conservative ideas are more popular than ever, Christian Jacob's party finds itself siphoned off by Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen who invest the security field.

LR's strategic council, which is being held this Tuesday, can only give birth to a bad solution,

Liberation.

One, the LR withdraws and ends up accepting this agreement, and its entire presidential strategy falls to the ground.

Two, LR withdraws his investiture from Muselier and presents a candidate in his colors;

the risk is great that it will make up the figuration, and that it will do the business of the RN

Five reasons to believe in the feat,

:

one, Paris is a hit outside;

two, the Parisians score on average more than two goals per game;

three, Neymar has the fangs;

four, coach Pochettino knows how to fire;

and five, Guardiola, the Manchester coach has had many setbacks at this stage of the competition at Bayer and Barça.

talent is the rebound, the great teams never lose twice in a row.

the big matches belong to the big players