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I believe it's worth continued study, however my understanding is that the Chinese government has been somewhat reluctant to allow these sorts of studies to occ

I believe it's worth continued study, however my understanding is that the Chinese government has been somewhat reluctant to allow these sorts of studies to occur. Personally I'm suspecting an accidental leak of non-engineered (eg, naturally occurring) virus is the most likely cause, if only due to the actions of the CCP. That said, I'm an engineer and have no training in virology or infectious disease studies, so my opinion is basically worthless.

mikem170 5y ago
The original article pointed out that the Chinese were sercretive about SARS also, referncing this NYTimes article [0]. It seems like an interesting leap to assume the lab leak is the most likely cause, when there is so much precedent for natural spillover, even antibody sampling which seem to indicate that millions of people per year may be catching various coronaviruses from bats [1], let alone other mammals like civits, pangolins, etc. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/weekinreview/china-discovers-secrecy-is-expensive.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/weekinreview/china-discov... [1] https://www.vox.com/2020/4/23/21226484/wuhan-lab-coronavirus-china https://www.vox.com/2020/4/23/21226484/wuhan-lab-coronavirus...