Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says

Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by ecf on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:31PM (#34950321)

It’s really the most likely hypothesis and why the true origin of Covid-19 has been kept a secret. Humanity hasn’t been hit with something like this in over a century and it’s unreasonable to assume it’s all because a freak mutation with some bats.

Covid-19 was bred in a Chinese lab. It escaped. And the world shut down for years.

This would cause a world war if it came to light so our “leaders” are doing everything they can to obfuscate the origin.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by Tuna-Fish on Sunday February 26, 2023 @06:01PM (#34950629)

> it’s unreasonable to assume it’s all because a freak mutation with some bats.

I don't think this holds. Such freak mutations happen all the time.

Note that this doesn't discredit lab leak either. It's entirely possible they were testing a new, entirely natural strain they found in some weird cave somewhere. And because that lab had terrible safety protocols (which has been documented extensively), possibly some got out.

It's not really possible to rule out or confirm the lab leak hypothesis without inside information that we are unlikely to ever get. Other than as vague "intelligence report says this", which you can hardly trust.

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by SalmoShalazar on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:29AM (#34957511)

Your claims: - The true origin of COVID-19 is known and being kept a secret [citation needed] - It’s unreasonable to assume a pandemic can be caused by a natural occurring genetic mutation [citation needed] - Global knowledge that the virus came from a Chinese lab (accidentally? intentionally?) would cause a world war [citation needed]

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