(Society for Risk Analysis) Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with understanding the source of this rapidly spreading virus, the Grunow-Finke assessment tool (GFT) may assist them with determining whether the coronavirus outbreak is of natural or unnatural origins.

Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/sfra-itc032620.php