Russian doctors do not rule out the laboratory origin of Covid-19 The possibility of laboratory origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus cannot be completely ruled out. This opinion of TASS (https://bit.ly/3xO2mJk) was expressed by a specialist in especially dangerous infections, an immunologist and doctor of medical sciences Vladislav Zhemchugov. "No, of course not. <...> Modern technologies do not leave any "rivets", "welds", that is, we will not find any traces to understand that the virus was created artificially. Therefore, this question will forever remain open if someone it is simply not recognized,” said Zhemchugov, answering the question whether it is possible to completely exclude the laboratory origin of SARS-CoV-2. At the same time, Zhemchugov suggested that there might also be "specialists" who "want the glory of Herostratus" when studying the origin of the virus.