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An Article in Science on Wet-Market Covid Origins is Unreliable

by Michael B. Weissman

An influential paper by Worobey et al. and 17 other authors published in Science in 2022 claimed that case locations and nucleic acid samples showed that SARS-CoV-2 had first been introduced to humans at the Huanan Seafood Market. Several lines of evidence suggest the introduction to humans was earlier and elsewhere.

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EJW March 2026 Issue is live!
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News: Dan Houser joins Econ Journal Watch as a Co-Editor: https://t.co/yXDYsF2vgW

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Now is an excellent time to listen to this 2015 podcast on the decline of liberalism in Venezuela with Hugo Faria, a Venezuelan economist who fled to the US in 2013. Interview by @lawrencehwhite1 for @EconJWatch:

https://t.co/bjxyvbykhB

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2012 symposium on a U.S. Sovereign Debt Crisis: https://t.co/EVpjR8Wt9d
It featured Tyler Cowen, Jeff Hummel, Garret Jones, Arnold Kling, Joe Minarik, and Peter Wallison.

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EJW Audio: Henry Hardy on Isaiah Berlin

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EJW Audio: Jason Sorens on Housing Supply Liberalization and Recent Research
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The September 2025 issue of Econ Journal Watch is now available:
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EJW Audio: Lars Magnusson on the History of Economic Thought in Sweden
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EJW Audio is now on major podcast platforms! Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more!
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EJW Audio: George Selgin on the New Deal and Economic Recovery
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The March 2025 issue of Econ Journal Watch is now available: https://t.co/reanHhpGYR

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EJW Audio: Jeffrey Sachs, An Established Anti-Establishment Economist https://t.co/QeuS38LkU9

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EJW Audio: Nicolás Cachanosky on Liberalism in Argentina from 1816 to 1884 https://t.co/2Gl3A54YGR

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The September 2024 issue of Econ Journal Watch is now available: https://t.co/vM6WMIbbth

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EJW Audio: Michael O’Connor is interviewed by David Barker on O’Connor’s major critique of the use of Sharpe ratios in hypothesis testing and investing. https://t.co/2tsd9XYRPh

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"Christianity Changes the Conditions of Government": a selection from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 by Fustel de Coulanges

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EJW Audio: John Hand on McKinsey Studies on Executive Race/Ethnic Diversity https://t.co/x1rKasoelv

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The March 2024 issue of Econ Journal Watch is now available: https://t.co/DtyS71diGq

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EJW Audio: Dan Klein on Classical Liberalism by Country: Lessons for Liberal Civic Virtue https://t.co/1CyIEtFHSN