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The mere suggestion that covid came out of a lab was banned by youtube, and downvoted by Reddit and HN heavily at the time. You were considered a crazy person.

The mere suggestion that covid came out of a lab was banned by youtube, and downvoted by Reddit and HN heavily at the time. You were considered a crazy person. Now its the leading theory. It shows how fast people listen to authoritarians in desperate times despite common sense lingering in the background. That phenomenon has led to terrible events in the past and carries forward today. If someone says you cant discuss/debate something be suspicious.

bryan0 5y ago
You make a good point, but to be clear a lab leak is not "the leading theory", it is a plausible theory.
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- pstrateman 5y ago
  It's clear that COVID-19 is a bat virus isolated in or near laos that was then modified by EcoHealth Alliance and Peter Daszak such that it can infect humans at the WIV or the nearby Chinese equivalent to the CDC. All of the investigations into the origin of COVID-19 have Daszak on their advisory boards, the conflict of interest is literally insane. The idea that a lab leak isn't the most likely cause is just willful ignorance at this point. https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/03/26/sanjay-gupta-exclusive-robert-redfield-coronavirus-opinion-origin-sot-intv-newday-vpx.cnn https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/03/26/sanjay-gupta-ex... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656209 [2] https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/ https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-gra...
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  When it goes from a 'racist conspiracy theory' to something that mainstream politicians and the media are talking about while the west is isolating China for not-so-obvious reasons, it becomes a leading theory. The amount of anti-China propaganda has been steadily increasing while the wet-market theory has been all but buried.
- esja 5y ago
  It is the leading theory though, isn’t it? The alternative (zoonotic transfer with no lab involvement) still has far less evidence to support it.
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bryan0 5y ago

You make a good point, but to be clear a lab leak is not "the leading theory", it is a plausible theory.

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pstrateman 5y ago
It's clear that COVID-19 is a bat virus isolated in or near laos that was then modified by EcoHealth Alliance and Peter Daszak such that it can infect humans at the WIV or the nearby Chinese equivalent to the CDC. All of the investigations into the origin of COVID-19 have Daszak on their advisory boards, the conflict of interest is literally insane. The idea that a lab leak isn't the most likely cause is just willful ignorance at this point. https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/03/26/sanjay-gupta-exclusive-robert-redfield-coronavirus-opinion-origin-sot-intv-newday-vpx.cnn https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/03/26/sanjay-gupta-ex... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28656209 [2] https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/ https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-gra...
Mikeb85 5y ago
When it goes from a 'racist conspiracy theory' to something that mainstream politicians and the media are talking about while the west is isolating China for not-so-obvious reasons, it becomes a leading theory. The amount of anti-China propaganda has been steadily increasing while the wet-market theory has been all but buried.
esja 5y ago
It is the leading theory though, isn’t it? The alternative (zoonotic transfer with no lab involvement) still has far less evidence to support it.

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