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> Where did smallpox come from? Polio? Spanish flu? Which time? Lab leaks are pretty common, all three of those have leaked from labs (smallpox 5 times): htt

by Izkata 3y ago

> Where did smallpox come from? Polio? Spanish flu? Which time? Lab leaks are pretty common, all three of those have leaked from labs (smallpox 5 times): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity... And keep in mind these are just the leaks we know about.

stubybubs 3y ago
> Which time? I mean the original appearance, thousands of years ago, when it definitely was not a lab leak. The point is that our worst viruses have come from nature, likely zoonotic sources.