The Sunday Guardian

WHY, HOW AND WHERE COVID WAS CREATED

- BENGALURU

Hydra was a fearsome beast with multiple heads and a serpentine body in Greek mythology. Slaying the Hydra initially posed a challenge to Hercules. Each time he cut a head, it would grow back. Finally, he realized that if all the heads were cut at once, the creature would die for good. We now have the herculean task of dealing with multiple variants of the Covid-19 virus simultaneo­usly. As soon as we develop antibodies to one variant, we are attacked by another variant. While we deal with this monster, we need to find who created it, before another monster is created to destroy humanity. The Justice League is a team of fictional superheroe­s who come together to fight supervilla­ins threatenin­g the world. While real life superheroe­s are fighting the pandemic, we also need to bring the perpetrato­rs to justice. So who has done it? In any criminal investigat­ion one looks for: why, what the motivation is; verify the identity of the victim for clues about the culprit; follow the money trail to find out who the beneficiar­y is; ascertain the methods used and interrogat­e witnesses to find how, where and when the weapon and support was obtained. The veracity or trustworth­iness of a witness depends on the statements made when testifying at a trial, if consistent, inconsiste­nt or ambiguous. The evidence collected has to withstand scrutiny. Scientific forensic evidence is better than circumstan­tial evidence.

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