Episode 4: How do we know COVID-19 was not man-made?

In this episode, I tame the COVID-19 virus beast some more with a paper analysis of "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV2" published by Anderson et al., 2020 in Nature Medicine! There were some theories going around in the early pandemic phase (and maybe even still today) that COVID-19 was a man-made virus that escaped a lab either intentionally or accidentally. So today I tame those theories by explaining scientifically how we know the virus is naturally occurring (I.e. not man-made)! Additionally, I discuss some strategies I use when reading papers that might help people both inside and outside of STEM tame some scientific beasts!!  Have a scientific question that needs to be tamed? DM-me at @beautyandthebiotechbeast on Instagram! Song: Let's Play by Conti Music --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>