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by phroobster 1907 days ago
A never before seen coronavirus was found just miles away from one of only two BSL-4 laboratories in all of China, which also happens to publish gain of function research on coronaviruses. I find it amusing that anyone can claim a lab accident origin is “crazy”.
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rhino369 1907 days ago
Especially since US and European labs have had a lot of accidents that risked viruses escaping the lab.

I really don't have any reason to believe or disbelieve it came from a lab. But that possibility certainly is not crazy.

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drran 1907 days ago
> Especially since US and European labs

Hey, Russian Federation still exists on the map.

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xienze 1907 days ago
For some reason so many people are hung up on “lab accident” implying that it was a bioweapon made by China. And honestly the biggest reason why this theory is rejected is because Trump called it the China Virus, and lots of people have this “Trump said a thing, so I must be in direct opposition to it” reflex, creating a mental block on the possibility of China because responsible at some level.
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