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The lab leak hypothesis is less plausible than the natural leak hypothesis only if you exclude the fact that gain-of-function research on Coronavirus was being
by programmarchy 5y ago
The lab leak hypothesis is less plausible than the natural leak hypothesis only if you exclude the fact that gain-of-function research on Coronavirus was being done in the Wuhan Lab. When you include that necessary fact, it becomes the most parsimonious.
If this researcher becomes ill with CJD, we'll know it's because, beyond a reasonable doubt, she was mishandling prions in a laboratory setting, and not because she ate some infected meat from a bazaar.
- jhgb 5y ago> When you include that necessary fact, it becomes the most parsimonious. That's just wishful thinking on your part. That's still not enough evidence in that direction at all. You have large, dense cities in China and people trading wildlife food. There's millions of them in a cramped space. That's a breeding ground for infection, with millions of opportunities for mutations.