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simpkill t1_jcfd9x4 wrote

Reply to comment by Infernalism in [OC] More Americans are believing COVID-19 originated from a lab in China. However, there is still no conclusive evidence to support one theory over another. The topic is highly politicizing both internally (US Political Parties) and externally (US-China relations). by Square_Tea4916

I think it makes a difference if it was created in a lab because: Either proper safety protocols weren't followed, or, they weren't in place at all, or worse, someone intentionally released the virus. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever know for sure and I don't know what to believe.

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bdubdub t1_jcfhlmv wrote

IIRC the theory isn't that it was created in a lab, just that it had been identified in the wild but was being researched in a lab and one of the researchers was careless and got exposed to it.

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mynameismy111 t1_jcoe56c wrote

Unfortunately for that theory no, we do know

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715

We have actual research on the ground from the actual wet market it spread from

COVID-19 was some magic mutant only a lab could make, look at every variant since, that's what natural evolution looks like, it spreads mutates, jumps species

That this is still rocket science to the public after three years it's freaking insane

But if the public wants to believe whatever conspiracy theory they want than what's the worse could happen again

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