[davvolun]

This is a very disappointing thread on Hacker News.

First, the article is title "State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronavirus." Immediately sensationalizing the title to imply this coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan lab is not good.

Did the coronavirus leak from the Wuhan lab? Maybe, there's some evidence to suggest it's a possibility, but jumping on conspiracy theories, or unproven claims (e.g. "it was the wet market" -- it may have been, but many of the original infectees were not involved with the wet market) is just spreading fake news. Haven't we had more than enough of that over the last few years?