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Welp, cats outta the bag on that one.

• JoeAltmaier 6y ago
  The OP indicated natural origin. The rest is speculation/gossip.
  • empath75 6y ago
    So? People speculate on hacker news all the time. It’s a plausible theory for what happened.
    • JoeAltmaier 6y ago
      Its a conspiracy theory. And bigoted one.
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      • laowhy 6y ago
        If there was a viral outbreak at a grocery store within a mile of a CDC infectious diseases lab, no one would assume its bigoted to speculate a containment breach as a possible origin. Its actually less bigoted than the assumption the media pushed before which was that someone ate a bat or because of unsanitary health practices regarding the handling of wild animals. This at least assumes someone was doing scientific research and accidental exposure occurred and no one noticed until it was too late.