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Re:The Lab Leak Hypothesis by MilnerRoute on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:00PM (#25641542)
Snopes.com points out that the market wasn't "right next to the virus lab."

It was in fact a full seven miles away.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/04/01/covid-19-bioweapon/

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Re:The Lab Leak Hypothesis by kunfuu on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:20AM (#25643693)
Back in Feb 2020, a rumor circulating on Chinese social media said that there was another lab in the city near the market, which was a competitor to the lab of Wuhan Institute of Virology that is most widely mentioned, under the umbrella of a university of agriculture/forestry/geology (I don't remember the exact details).

I am not sure about the validity of the rumor, though.

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Re:The Lab Leak Hypothesis by collyw on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:15AM (#25645144)
A couple of examples of Snopes intellectual dishonesty.

Mixture https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-smash-phon...

Mixture https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-believe-biden-accus...

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