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Fact check: lab leaks are not "conspiracy theories", they are historical facts. For instance, in 2014, the US had 3 different lab leaks involving smallpox, anth

Fact check: lab leaks are not "conspiracy theories", they are historical facts. For instance, in 2014, the US had 3 different lab leaks involving smallpox, anthrax, and bird flu, which led to a ban on gain of function research. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/3/20/18260669/deadly-pathogens-escape-lab-smallpox-bird-flu https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/3/20/18260669/deadly...

LatteLazy 6y ago
I know they happen, I just think it's incredibly unlikely. So you need some evidence otherwise we go with the most likely explanation... Out of interest, do you know, has anyone ever leaked an engineered bio weapon? The examples are always for naturally occurring pathogens...
- loveistheanswer 6y ago
  >I just think it's incredibly unlikely. Why do you think its incredibly unlikely, when the facts of recent decades have shown lab leaks to be much more likely to happen than outbreaks of novel, highly adapted, highly transmissible viruses? >So you need some evidence otherwise we go with the most likely explanation... The initial evidence is undeniable: an extremely transmissible novel coronavirus is found outside of 1 of only 2 BSL4 labs in China; a lab where scientists were making extremely transmissible novel coronaviruses. Unfortunately, it's impossible to investigate and gather further evidence when governments agents with guns hide evidence and prevent investigators from accessing the scene of the incident.[1] >Out of interest, do you know, has anyone ever leaked an engineered bio weapon? The examples are always for naturally occurring pathogens... There have been incidents where the pathogen leaked was "undisclosed". Gain of function research is kept top secret for obvious reasons. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak

LatteLazy 6y ago

I know they happen, I just think it's incredibly unlikely. So you need some evidence otherwise we go with the most likely explanation... Out of interest, do you know, has anyone ever leaked an engineered bio weapon? The examples are always for naturally occurring pathogens...

loveistheanswer 6y ago
>I just think it's incredibly unlikely. Why do you think its incredibly unlikely, when the facts of recent decades have shown lab leaks to be much more likely to happen than outbreaks of novel, highly adapted, highly transmissible viruses? >So you need some evidence otherwise we go with the most likely explanation... The initial evidence is undeniable: an extremely transmissible novel coronavirus is found outside of 1 of only 2 BSL4 labs in China; a lab where scientists were making extremely transmissible novel coronaviruses. Unfortunately, it's impossible to investigate and gather further evidence when governments agents with guns hide evidence and prevent investigators from accessing the scene of the incident.[1] >Out of interest, do you know, has anyone ever leaked an engineered bio weapon? The examples are always for naturally occurring pathogens... There have been incidents where the pathogen leaked was "undisclosed". Gain of function research is kept top secret for obvious reasons. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak