Canonical Source · consensus statement

Independent assessment of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 from the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO)

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Investigation

Did SARS-CoV-2 begin through a research-related laboratory incident?

Qualifies

WHO SAGO judged the weight of available scientific evidence to favor zoonotic spillover while stating that missing laboratory, staff-health and early-outbreak information prevents a laboratory-related event from being ruled out or proven.

This directly supports an inconclusive overall origin status rather than a 50/50 weighting of the hypotheses.

Investigation

Was SARS-CoV-2 deliberately genetically engineered?

Challenges

WHO SAGO reported no scientific evidence that deliberate experimental manipulation better explains SARS-CoV-2 than naturally occurring mutation and recombination.

The conclusion remains conditional on the scientific and documentary record available to SAGO.

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