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I wish this was better explained to the public like myself. Every now and then someone comes along and says: "there's no evidence the virus was engineered in a
by walkhour 5y ago
I wish this was better explained to the public like myself.
Every now and then someone comes along and says: "there's no evidence the virus was engineered in a lab". But what would the evidence look like?
For example, is it possible to replicate a zoonotic crossover in a lab so that both hypothesis (zoonotic and lab leak) are equally probable?
> The simplest scenario is that this viral pandemic is like every other one in known history - including the last coronavirus pandemic - a zoonotic crossover.
Do you however give a positive probability to a lab leak? In what range does the probability lie according to most biologist? Is it more 20%, 2% or 0.2% that the lab leak is the correct hypothesis?
- 8note 5y agoI'd suggest that a wet market is a lab for replicating a zoonotic transfer. Put a lot of immune compromised animals together with humans, and nature will find a way