Contents

Cover

Title Page

Maps

Dedication

Prologue: The mystery

1. The copper mine

2. Viruses

3. The Wuhan whistleblowers

4. The seafood market

5. The pangolin papers

6. Bats and the virus hunters

7. Laboratory leaks

8. Gain of function

9. The furin cleavage site

10. The other eight

11. Popsicle Origins and the World Health Organization

12. Spillover

13. Accident

14. The origin of Covid-19

Epilogue: Truth will out

Timeline

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index

About the Authors

Also by Matt Ridley

Copyright

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