[Izkata]

> Where did smallpox come from? Polio? Spanish flu?

Which time?

Lab leaks are pretty common, all three of those have leaked from labs (smallpox 5 times): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity...

And keep in mind these are just the leaks we know about.

[stubybubs]

> Which time?

I mean the original appearance, thousands of years ago, when it definitely was not a lab leak. The point is that our worst viruses have come from nature, likely zoonotic sources.