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Re:Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19 by parshimers on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:45PM (#22695395)
It wouldn't be the first time something like this happened, either. Russia accidentally released Anthrax[1] from one of their facilities in the late 70's, and it killed over 100 people in the neighboring town. Of course they tried to cover it up, and the truth did not come out until much later.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak

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Re:Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19 by TheBlight on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:51PM (#22695455)
It wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened in China: https://www.scidev.net/global/disease/news/chinese-lab-accid...
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