Three scientists are conspicuously missing from a new statement that claims the virus that causes COVID-19 developed naturally. A group of scientists penned a letter published in The Lancet early last year that labeled ideas that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus was created in a laboratory “conspiracy theories,” citing several studies. The same group—minus three signers—wrote a followup letter that was published on July 5 in the same journal. They said they’d received questions on whether they still support what they said last year. “The critical question we must address now is, how did SARS-CoV-2 reach the human population? This is important because it is such insights that will drive what the world must urgently do to prevent another tragedy like COVID-19. We believe the strongest clue from new, credible, and peer-reviewed evidence in the scientific literature is that the virus evolved in nature, while suggestions of a laboratory-leak source of the …