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> there's just no realistic chance a novel virus coincidentally originates in the same isolated place as a lab that specializes in that exact same type of virus
by Aunche 6y ago
> there's just no realistic chance a novel virus coincidentally originates in the same isolated place as a lab that specializes in that exact same type of virus
Why not? Wuhan is the 43rd largest city in the world. Meanwhile, the earliest cases of CoVid were all connected to the same wet market. Doesn't that have a higher probability being the origin?
- x3n0ph3n3 6y agoEvidence points to it _not_ being from the wet markets in China: https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-wet-market.html https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-...
- Aunche 6y agoYour source cites the WSJ, which itself cites the Wuhan Virology Institute, which is trying to imply that China may not be the origin of CoVid at all, so I don't believe it.
- jdc 6y agoTry this one: Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved [March 22, 2021] https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947620 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947620 https://www.outline.com/XCTFJJ https://www.outline.com/XCTFJJ (registration-wall bypass)
- Gibbon1 6y agoPerhaps it would have burned itself out if it hadn't spread to the market.
- lixtra 6y ago> the earliest cases of Covid were all connected to the same wet market. This claim has less weight if China does not share the raw data. [1] https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-experts-want-more-data-from-china-on-possible-early-covid-cases-2370084 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-experts-want-more-data-f...