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1. alephr+pL1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 21:17:37
>>ruarai+(OP)
A lot of the discussion I see on this hinges on possibility and not strongly believing the claim is false. Sure, this theory is "possible" in some sense but I rarely see anyone presenting concrete evidence for it and I don't think I've seen anyone who supports it suggest a piece of evidence that would change their mind on it.

If most of the discussion on an idea is about how people dismiss it or how any evidence is being covered up the idea might not be that strong.

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2. triple+Se2[view] [source] 2021-03-22 23:46:44
>>alephr+pL1
I believe it's quite possible (p ~ 0.5) that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic originated from a lab accident. If the proximal animal host were identified--as it was for both MERS and the original SARS within about a year--then I'd drop that probability by at least a factor of ten. For references see

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26127197

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26129052

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