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Old 04-11-2020, 05:44 PM   #15
CASe333
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There is a lot of misinformation related to Covid-19 and wikipedia addresses this for anyone interested. This current conspiracy theory is addressed almost at the top, see Chinese biological weapon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinf...virus_pandemic

On the flip side it was interesting to watch the video and see where this conspiracy theory is coming from. The 2015 nature paper published by Shi Zhengli isn't fabricated and they indeed did create a new hybrid Sars virus that is very similar to covid-19.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985

This research was done at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and was controversial because some virologists worried that there was considerable risk associated with this type of research. The following nature paper outlines this (see the recently added editors note though).

https://www.nature.com/news/engineer...search-1.18787

I'm not suggesting this proves anything but at this point it wouldn't completely surprise me if it was engineered and accidentally released from the Wuhan lab. Too many coincidences to completely ignore. That said I trust the experts which are saying this most likely originated naturally and closely resembles viruses found in pangolins and bats.

At the very least I think we can all agree that China needs to regulate wet markets and we also should discuss whether the 2015 research justifies the potential risk. Reading the two nature papers I've linked was a bit chilling given where we are.
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