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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by drran on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:45AM (#23151150)
In Russia, virus lab had major incident at Sep 16 2019. Paint job caused blast and fire, so responders come in to fight fire and STOLE SOME EQUIPMENT FROM LEVEL 4 VIRUS LAB, which was caught on video here: https://youtu.be/_w7SAeNcXA8?t=63 (look at man in uniform in background).
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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by redis_mlc on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:26PM (#23148570)
Almost correct. The "lab" was actually doing corona virus research, and funded by the US govt.

Corona is so contagious, that combined with Wuhan being an international airport that connects to Shanghai, the #8 international airport in the world, this was the perfect storm for a pandemic.

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by gamblor956 on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:57PM (#23148917)
If by "funded by the US govt" you mean funded primarily by the Chinese government, with additional funding provided by the US and EU, due to the nature of the lab's work...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539

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