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> it’s most likely a naturally created virus. The lab leak hypothesis doesn't even rule out that it was a natural virus. It just says that the virus leaked fr
by himinlomax 4y ago
> it’s most likely a naturally created virus.
The lab leak hypothesis doesn't even rule out that it was a natural virus. It just says that the virus leaked from the lab. It could have been:
- deliberately created in the lab (gain on function)
- accidentally created in the lab through repeated cross-species contamination of lab animals
- just stored in the lab from a natural sample
- or even not deliberately stored in the lab but acquired through infection of a researcher on a collection mission.