New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild (apnews.com)

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Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.

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[-] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 years ago

Conclusively?

[-] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So "conclusively" that one of the scientists in question denies that he was even sick at all in the alleged timeframe, let alone sick with Covid:

https://www.science.org/content/article/ridiculous-says-chinese-scientist-accused-being-pandemic-s-patient-zero

I fucking hate that Matt Taibbi fell so far.

Also, one of these new studies shows the early outbreak clustered around the Wuhan wet market, not the Virology Institute, which directly contradicts Taibbi & co's assertion that "patient zero" was part of the lab.

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