16
June 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Uncovering the Origins of COVID-19: A Scientific Discussion

Virtual Event | Uncovering the Origins of COVID-19: A Scientific Discussion

Past Event
Online Only
June 16, 2021
16
June 2021
Past Event
Speakers:
Dr. Steven Quay

Chairman & CEO, Atossa Therapeutics

Professor Richard Muller

American Physicist & Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. David Asher

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

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Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and former Department of State COVID-19 lead investigator Dr. David Asher and experts Dr. Steven Quay and Professor Richard Muller for a discussion on the scientific evidence and politics surrounding the inquiries into the origins of COVID-19. After a detailed presentation by Dr. Quay of the scientific evidence for both the zoonotic and “lab leak” origin hypotheses, the speakers will assess the complicity of the Chinese government in the development and propagation of the pandemic. Professor Muller will address the reasons for the initial consensus that the origin of the pandemic was undoubtedly natural, and examine the evidence for this hypothesis as well as the hypothesis that COVID-19 emerged as a result of an accidental leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Please join Hudson Institute for this timely discussion.

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