Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but feared debate could hurt

Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by himinlomax on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:44AM (#29905572)

Fact is, there's nothing that points to Wuhan as being a more likely source of viruses in the first place. It's not a tropical rainforest area, for instance. And indeed, the closest wild relatives we know of have been found much farther south.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by NLips on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:08AM (#29906457)

I agree? In the above I'm assuming equal likelihood between each lab and each city, rather than equally likely to have come from any lab vs any city. The second is a poor starting point as it suggests having two, 100, or 1M labs would mean no increased chance of coming from a lab vs 1 lab. That's why I suggest the first.

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