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> I'm not sure who you're quoting, but it's not me. Indeed, I oversaw that it was "yorwba" who put that comment into "our" thread, not you. My apologies. > As

> I'm not sure who you're quoting, but it's not me. Indeed, I oversaw that it was "yorwba" who put that comment into "our" thread, not you. My apologies. > As for the claim that the Wuhan cdc is tight next to the seafood market, I direct you to this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23096524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23096524 which thoroughly and completely debunks those claims. That's not a "thorough and complete" debunking, that's an erroneous assessment regarding the functions and location(s) of the Wuhan CDC, based on a cursory glance at websites. A little bit more research would've revealed that the Wuhan CDC indeed was performing experiments on bats and that it has several facilities (including one near the seafood market). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnUyTRMERI&feature=youtu.be&t=86 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovnUyTRMERI&feature=youtu.be... https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E5%B8%82%E7%96%BE%E7%97%85%E9%A2%84%E9%98%B2%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83/@12720508.588819638,3561711.948140599,17.39z?uid=5325f5ab08c15717fea7781e&info_merge=1&isBizPoi=false&ugc_type=3&ugc_ver=1&device_ratio=2&compat=1&querytype=detailConInfo&da_src=shareurl https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E5%B8%82%E7%96%...

joshuamorton 6y ago
Neither of those links appears to say anything meaningful.
- gridlockd 6y ago
  They prove that, contrary to what that comment you linked says: 1. There is a WHCDC facility at the location claimed, close to the seafood market 2. There was research on bats at the WHCDC In other words, the person who "thoroughly debunked" the paper just didn't have a clue where to look. I'm getting tired discussing this. The "lab escape hypothesis" is not a debunked conspiracy theory. It's a plausible scenario. Pathogens - including SARS-CoV-1 - have escaped from labs several times. The wildlife market transmission is a plausible scenario as well, it just seems "out of place" in Wuhan. That doesn't mean it's wrong, of course.

joshuamorton 6y ago

Neither of those links appears to say anything meaningful.

gridlockd 6y ago
They prove that, contrary to what that comment you linked says: 1. There is a WHCDC facility at the location claimed, close to the seafood market 2. There was research on bats at the WHCDC In other words, the person who "thoroughly debunked" the paper just didn't have a clue where to look. I'm getting tired discussing this. The "lab escape hypothesis" is not a debunked conspiracy theory. It's a plausible scenario. Pathogens - including SARS-CoV-1 - have escaped from labs several times. The wildlife market transmission is a plausible scenario as well, it just seems "out of place" in Wuhan. That doesn't mean it's wrong, of course.