Original sentence: Examples of hyperbole regarding this possibility say the pandemic was the result of an accidental leakage of a coronavirus, or that that the virus was engineered as a bio-weapon.On 9 February 2021 a team probing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic for the World Health Organization said that that the coronavirus "most likely" originated in animals before spreading to humans, and rated the lab leak theory as "extremely unlikely", with Peter Ben Embarek, the WHO mission chief, saying in a subsequent interview to Science that as a consequence of the investigation, the lab leak theory was considered even more unlikely than before, and that although it was not "impossible," investigations into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 would likely continue for years.Some proponents of this theory are dedicated to trying to unearth "evidence" which supports it, while attacking evidence which does not support such theories.Though the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not been determined, unfounded speculation and conspiracy theories regarding the possibility the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology have gained popularity during the pandemic
Edited sentence: Examples regarding this possibility say the pandemic was the result of an accidental leakage of a coronavirus, or that that the virus was engineered as a bio-weapon.In February 2021 a World Health Organization team probing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic said that that the coronavirus "most likely" originated in animals before spreading to humans, and rated the lab leak theory as "extremely unlikely".Though the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not been determined, speculation and conspiracy theories regarding the possibility the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology have gained popularity during the pandemic