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"Claim that coronavirus came from a lab in China completely unfounded, scientists say." https://www.newsweek.com/claim-that-coronavirus-came-lab-china-complete

• gnusty_gnurc 7y ago
  So if the lab theory lacks evidence - where's the evidence that it came from a wet market? I've seen a Lancet paper that there were cases outside of the market that couldn't be traced to the market either - so it can be inferred that it didn't start there.
  • yorwba 7y ago
    The lab theory rests in part on the proximity of the lab to the wet market. If the evidence for the outbreak starting near the wet market gets weaker, so does the evidence for the lab theory. The SARS outbreak was first discovered in Guangdong province, but afterwards traced to bats in a cave in Yunnan province, which doesn't even share a border with Guangdong. So it's entirely possible that the virus was carried into Wuhan from somewhere far away and only started spreading there due to the higher population density.