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> This article talks about WIV (est. 2018), which is across the city from the market, not 2 blocks away It moved just before the outbreak [1]: The lab, where
by T-A 5y ago
> This article talks about WIV (est. 2018), which is across the city from the market, not 2 blocks away
It moved just before the outbreak [1]:
The lab, where Chinese scientists research mild human diseases with bats, was moved near the seafood market where the first COVID-19 cases were found just days before the outbreak, WHO investigators said.
Classified with a “Biosafety Level of 2,” the lab also has ventilation controls that aren’t as strict as other more secure facilities, according to the report.
I find it surprising how little attention this tidbit got; a move of lab equipment and animals probably involved external personnel not used to bio-safety procedures. Perfect opportunity for a virus to escape.
> The genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 does not resemble that of any virus the WIV was known to be culturing in its lab
The key words here being "was known", since the WIV notoriously took its database offline and even requested the deletion of sequences stored on US servers [2][3].
[1] https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-lab-that-moved-before-pandemic/ https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-la...
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-24/u-s-confirms-removal-of-wuhan-virus-sequences-from-database https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-24/u-s-confi...
[3] https://www.science.org/content/article/claim-chinese-team-hid-early-sars-cov-2-sequences-stymie-origin-hunt-sparks-furor https://www.science.org/content/article/claim-chinese-team-h...