Re:Covid-19 lab leak theory a ‘probable hypothesis,’ WHO sci...
by mweberxyz on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:09PM
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Sounds like the NY Post is purposefully conflating a lab-leak with a researcher accidentally getting infected in the field.
"A lab employee infected in the field while collecting samples in a bat cave — such a scenario belongs both as a lab-leak hypothesis and as our first hypothesis of direct infection from bat to human. We’ve seen that hypothesis as a likely hypothesis," Ben Embarek said.
"A lab employee infected in the field while collecting samples in a bat cave — such a scenario belongs both as a lab-leak hypothesis and as our first hypothesis of direct infection from bat to human. We’ve seen that hypothesis as a likely hypothesis," Ben Embarek said.
via https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/12/who-origins-...