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The reason for the doubt is that it wasn't transparent nor obvious. The Chinese government retroactively censored the institute's publications, Fall 2019 job po
by drak0n1c 4y ago
The reason for the doubt is that it wasn't transparent nor obvious. The Chinese government retroactively censored the institute's publications, Fall 2019 job postings, staff listings, and internal discussion of new symptoms amongst certain researchers [1]. There is a possibility that there were a few earlier cases than the market ones which were covered up to conceal negligence at the institute.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQFCcSI0pU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQFCcSI0pU
- mikeyouse 4y agoIt's just so silly -- we can do genomic analysis to figure out the lineage of every confirmed sample. "There's the possibility" is weasel wording that obscures the fact that there's literally no evidence for earlier cases.
- Innominate 4y agoThe lack of evidence is from people and information being disappeared by a totalitarian regime. That itself is evidence.
- layer8 4y agoIt’s perfectly possible that the Chinese government isn’t entirely sure about the origin either, and is censoring just in case.