http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/scientists-strongly-condemn-rumors-and-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-coronavirus

Posts on social media and even a scientific paper have suggested that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19—seen here in orange, emerging from a cell—originated in a virology lab in Wuhan, China.

A  group of 27 prominent public health scientists from outside China is pushing back against a steady stream of stories and even a scientific paper suggesting that a laboratory in Wuhan, China may be the origin of the outbreak of COVID-19. “The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins,” the scientists, from 9 countries, write  in a statement published online by The Lancet yesterday.