Even if the coronavirus did leak from a Wuhan lab, that wouldn't necessarily mean it was engineered

A laboratory physician at the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepares to test a coronavirus specimen in Chongqing, China, on May 3, 2020
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It's unlikely, but not impossible, that the coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab.
US officials and public-health experts have called for further investigation of the possibility.
But even if a leak did happen, that wouldn't necessarily mean the virus was engineered in a lab.
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