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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by birdyrooster on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:00AM (#29902529)
I would guess it benefits the US too since they had been providing business to the Wuhan lab and failed to vet them effectively. Here is a fun conspiracy theory: what if the US put high risk projects in China hoping that they could obfuscate blame from themselves in case it caused a public health crisis?
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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by hirako2000 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:56AM (#29903605)
It's actually a serious path of investigation that took place last year. And documents actually show some US institution financing at least one lab in China. The motive wasn't to obfuscate blame but more likely to practice the research on a territory having less stringent regulation on this field.
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