Like hell out of a bat: SARS-CoV-2’s origin

<p>The World Health Organisation <a href="https://espresso.economist.com/087b5a89313a3e21fee1b7f0e9395e89?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unveiled</a> preliminary findings, suggesting the coronavirus probably jumped to humans via an intermediary animal and all but ruling out a laboratory leak. We examine the many remaining questions. Nefarious regimes find it ever easier to <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2021/02/04/repressive-regimes-are-tightening-their-grip-on-their-citizens-abroad?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reach across borders</a>, subjecting dissidents to repression and surveillance abroad. And why it’s so <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/02/04/what-a-shortage-of-cars-says-about-algeria?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hard to buy a car</a> in Algeria.&nbsp;</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><p>“The Jab from Economist Radio” is our new weekly podcast at the sharp end of the global vaccination race. <a href="https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2021/02/08/the-jab-a-new-podcast-from-the-economist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to the trailer and subscribe now</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>