[belter]

Luc Montagnierd joint recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus HIV has argued the virus was created in a lab.

"French Nobel prize winner: ‘Covid-19 was made in lab’"

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Disputed-French-...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier

Again, just another appeal to authority, to be analyzed further. I find curious his personal Wikipedia page still characterizes the controversy has him being accused of spreading a conspiracy theory, while today, its looking as one of the most likely causes.

[bsaul]

luc montagnier has a long list of insane public claims for the past decades (things about "water memory" comes to my mind , but there are others).

He lost credit a long time ago, way before covid, so i would be really cautious about citing anything he has to say about the virus.

[belter]

After further research...I am inclined to agree with you. I just found he also claimed 5G was helping spread Covid.

[inciampati]

This phenomenon keep happening with old Nobel laureates. Linus Pauling for instance...

For any public binary question with weak information, you'll find crazy people arguing both sides.