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[return to "Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed"]
1. duxup+Op1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:51:33
>>ruarai+(OP)
I wouldn't dismiss it.

I just haven't seen any evidence of it that I think 'proves' it.

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2. roywig+kr1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:57:51
>>duxup+Op1
Serious coronaviruses have jumped into people like, twice in the last 20 years entirely naturally[0], and so many more people have contact with animals outside of labs than within labs (orders of magnitude!), that it seems much more likely that SARS-CoV-2 jumped the same way than any lab-leak idea. Like, it's physically possible, and it would be important to know if that's what happened- people shouldn't dismiss it!- but I don't know how much it should be entertained as a real likelihood.

[0] natural insofar as humans intruding onto wildlife is natural

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