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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by mardifoufs on Sunday February 26, 2023 @09:27PM (#34952234)
Here is a 2020 article calling it a conspiracy theory

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotto...

Here is a politico article explaining how Facebook won't ban you for talking about it (anymore), since they used to treat it as fake news.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/26/facebook-ban-covid-...?

"Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday, a move that acknowledges the renewed debate about the virus’ origins.[...] The findings have reinvigorated the debate about the so-called Wuhan lab-leak theory, once dismissed as a fringe conspiracy theory"

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Re:Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Ag... by zzzeek on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:03PM (#35013003)
> Here is a 2020 article calling it a conspiracy theory

> Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured,

Those *are* fake news. Suggesting covid was explicitly designed, engineered and purposely released by the Chinese government is a conspiracy theory.

The "lab leak" hypothesis is that a natural sample of covid was inadvertently released through shoddy lab practices.

These are not the same thing. However there remains zero evidence for either one.

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