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Pandemic Likely Began With Animals, But US Intel Agencies Will Investigate

May 27, 2021·15m

The U.S. government and scientists remain uncertain about the exact origins of the coronavirus outbreak: transmission from animals or research lab escape? Either option has lessons for how society can contain future pandemics. This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel. Connect: Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.