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>>pseudo+(OP)
If a new variant of Ebola suddenly showed up in Atlanta, Georgia. Lots of people would immediately jump to the US / CDC having a leak or being responsible. And they would do that just based on geography. This has alot more smoke than just geography.

>>namele+ce1
> If a new variant of Ebola suddenly showed up in Atlanta, Georgia. Lots of people would immediately jump to the US / CDC having a leak or being responsible.

In part, presumably, because Ebola appearing in Atlanta would be extraordinarily unusual. East Asia has a history of novel respiratory diseases, the same way that other parts of the world have a history of mosquito-borne blood diseases.

Put another way: everything we know so far is circumstantial, and some pieces of circumstantial evidence are (or would be) stronger than others. An Ebola outbreak next to a BSL 4 lab in the United States would be a significantly stronger piece of circumstantial evidence than a coronavirus outbreak in a transportation hub city in East Asia.