Boston University calls Daily Mail report on COVID-19 research ‘false, inaccurate’

THAT AREA LAST TO COME FORWARD. TUESDAYKATIE: ALSO NEW THIS MORNING. BOSTON UNIVERSITY IS RESPONDING TO A REPORT ABOUT COVID RESEARCH BEING DONE AT THE SCHOOL. THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY, SAYING RESEARCHERS AT B.U. CREATED A NEW AND MORE DEADLY COVID STRAIN. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SAYS THAT REPORTING IS, QUOTE, “FALSE AND INACCURATE.” LEADERS AT THE SCHOOL’S EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES LABORATORIES SAY THEY HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND THE COVID REPLICATE TO BE LESS DANGEROUS. THEY CLAIM THE REPORTING WAS SENSATIONALIZED, USING DATA FR

Boston University calls Daily Mail report on COVID-19 research ‘false, inaccurate’

Updated: 6:19 AM EDT Oct 18, 2022

Boston University is responding to a report about COVID-19 research being done at the school.The Daily Mail published an article Monday saying researchers at BU created a new and more deadly COVID-19 strain.Boston University said that reporting is “false and inaccurate.”Leaders at the school’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories said they have actually found the COVID-19 replicate to be less dangerous. They claim the Daily Mail’s reporting was sensationalized and used data from research on mice.

BOSTON —

Boston University is responding to a report about COVID-19 research being done at the school.

The Daily Mail published an article Monday saying researchers at BU created a new and more deadly COVID-19 strain.

Boston University said that reporting is “false and inaccurate.”

Leaders at the school’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories said they have actually found the COVID-19 replicate to be less dangerous.

They claim the Daily Mail’s reporting was sensationalized and used data from research on mice.