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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by musicale on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:42AM (#26551806)
> conflating the two theories (malicious artificial virus versus leak of natural virus)

I have certainly been puzzled by this, for example in a Washington Post article. By conflating the two, lab escape became a "fringe conspiracy theory" rather than a hypothesis that should be investigated.

It seemed like sloppy journalism at best.

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Re:Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed by Consultant32452 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:51AM (#26551849)
The people who work at these institutions were often educated in the best universities in the country. And yet they speak in lockstep fashion in this "sloppy" manner. I think you give them too much credit.
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