I feel like I am reading a Snopes fact-checking article here. The arguments I presented are deliberately twisted enough so that they can be "debunked". Your lin

I feel like I am reading a Snopes fact-checking article here. The arguments I presented are deliberately twisted enough so that they can be "debunked". Your linked article doesn't even mention WIV, let alone the database that was taken down on Sept 2019. > A tiger escaping a zoo is unusual. A previously unknown species of tiger escaping a zoo is substantially more unusual. One of the closest relatives of SARS-CoV2 was discovered in 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RaTG13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RaTG13 and only published in 2016 or later. So yes, it's very common for labs to have virus samples and then publish later. And a pandemic killing millions is also an unusual event. The cause of an unusal event is by definition one or more unusual event(s). I am not sure exactly what you are arguing here. Speaking of unusual events, viruses routinely escape labs: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/3/20/18260669/deadly-pathogens-escape-lab-smallpox-bird-flu https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/3/20/18260669/deadly.... Also, please present facts. Not some weird zoo and tiger analogy. Viruses are collected for research purpose in labs, not to sell tickets to general population to make money. And, research is by definition novel or _previously unknown_, if you will.