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>>pseudo+(OP)
Recent related threads:

How I learned to stop worrying and love the lab-leak theory - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27184998 - May 2021 (235 comments)

More Scientists Urge Broad Inquiry into Coronavirus Origins - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27160898 - May 2021 (341 comments)

The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27071432 - May 2021 (537 comments)

Edit: also these:

Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn't be ruled out - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26750452 - April 2021 (618 comments)

Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26540458 - March 2021 (985 comments)

The Lab Leak Hypothesis - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25640323 - Jan 2021 (229 comments)

>>dang+Kl
@dang An hour into this submission, this was flagged despite ~100 upvotes. Was there anything off about the flagging behaviour?

It seemed like a reputed source article of interest to a lot of folks here, so I was surprised.

>>actuat+TC
I tend to flag most of the COVID lab leak stories. They’re perfect fodder for pointless flame wars: no one here is in a position to confirm or disprove the theory, and there are no consequences for being wrong. So everyone can just argue their point of view vociferously, while no one learns anything.

If the lab leak theory was easy to confirm, it would have been done already. Maybe someday it will be confirmed or ruled out and I’ll happily upvote that story. This isn’t it, though, even if it is the WSJ.

>>snowwr+MY
> If the lab leak theory was easy to confirm, it would have been done already.

If a zoonotic event in the wild with SARS-COV2 was easy to confirm, it would have been done already.

Either hypothesis has circunstancial evidence. But there isn't an equal effort of investigate both candidate theories.