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China is criticized for its handling of the epidemic, but the "it was made in a lab in China" conspiracy theories are very very common.
by riffraff 6y ago
China is criticized for its handling of the epidemic, but the "it was made in a lab in China" conspiracy theories are very very common.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoThose views are idiotic, but also irrelevant to my post.
- ekianjo 6y agoThere is always the possibility that it was not created in a lab but that it leaked from a lab where such viruses were studied. Accidents happen.
- tunap 6y agoIIRC, that happened w/ Ebola in a VA monkey lab. The strain just happened to be Marburg, rather than the more infectious, deadlier Zaire strain. Good read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone