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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
There's no reason to believe this is what happened. Most virologists are saying that gain of function research would never have used the changes seen in this particular one. There's millions of different Coronaviruses in Nature, why settle on one the models would suggested won't work in humans? These mutations happen literally all the time in nature and there's nothing but innuendo that something was changed in a lab when these changes occur naturally. That's a big reach
Well yes, they were specifically studying Coronaviruses because it was a great spot to do so due to SARS originating from the wild nearby. In fact, the Wuhan Lab was built because of SARS so they could test the nearby wildlife and monitor coronaviruses that were changing nearby. Again, the lab was built there because it was the best place to study coronaviruses nearby.
If they knew it was a lab leak, they would've known the progenitor and would've pointed to it immediately. This is very silly speculation. Because a nation routinely lies does not mean that imaginary things are then true when they say no.
Why?
This whole lab leak theory goes like this:
There's zero evidence to suggest it , but we feel they're shady and they're denying it, so I believe it to be true.
The actual people who did the actual investigation say they saw no reason to believe anything other than natural origin which happens all the time (like all the last pandemics that have happened).
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I refer you to this article which discusses the lab leak theory and the natural origin theory
https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-...-box-at-wuhan/