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Was expecting horrific sinophobia, but instead two clerks agreeing while customers had to listen
Hell yeah 
Wait, where is this being discussed outside of Chinese media? I’ve only heard it mentioned on GlobalTimes and Hexbear
Reuters did an article about it a few weeks ago, framing it as "Who are you going to believe, China or Trump?"
China suggests COVID-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation
The Independent published a different article a day later with the exact same title
It must have gotten some traction, because a week later, the New York Times did damage control over it
Was this a "Bush did 9/11" conversation or a "Bush did 9/11" conversation ?
No idea what their actual politics were lol, but it was still just nice to hear
Trump did 2020
I've heard about the Fort Detrick speculation, the early 2019 sewer samples and vape lung and shit like that, did something new come out recently to reignite that idea?
I think China released a study recently about waste water samples where they found covid strains older than what started in 2019 that was from the US and Europe. There was a thread on hexbear here a while ago.
called it in 2020
if something bad happens honkeys are the cause, always, all the time, no exceptions
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(Just going off of memory because I can't find the source right now) There's some evidence that, despite being worked on in a lab in Wuhan, the virus actually matches the profile of gain of function research from the University of North Carolina, contracting with the Wuhan institute. I think I heard it on a podcast with Ryan Grimm
I think I heard it on a podcast
Woah
saw Jeffrey Sachs discuss this UNC grant recently, specifically gain of function research on the furan cleavage site
Jeffrey Sachs: COVID was 99% Likely From the US | Wave Media
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Sachs discusses the grant to iirc UNC for SARS-CoV-V2 gain of function research on the furan cleavage site
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This is praxis
Called it in 2020