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by TheBigSalad 387 days ago
"On average, respondents assigned a 77% probability to a zoonosis, 21% to the lab-leak scenario"

While most scientists generally favor the natural origin theory, an alternative theory with a 21% chance is not something that should be dismissed or suppressed.

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Sure, but that's a very different take to "most experts agree it's a likely hypothesis". My impression is that scientists have consistently said it's possible, but quite unlikely, and unsupported by the evidence.

Would you say it's been suppressed?