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Trump, aides float outlier theory on origins of coronavirus (that it emerged from a China lab).....
Trump, aides float outlier theory on origins of coronavirus
https://apnews.com/887c6ae4116951bb9bc7375e3dc8b158
By CALVIN WOODWARD yesterday
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump and some of his officials are flirting with an outlier theory that the new coronavirus was set loose on the world by a Chinese lab that let it escape. Without the weight of evidence, theyre trying to blame China for sickness and death from COVID-19 in the United States.
More and more, were hearing the story, Trump says. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo adds: The mere fact that we dont know the answers that China hasnt shared the answers I think is very, very telling.
A scientific consensus is still evolving. But experts overwhelmingly say analysis of the new coronavirus genome rules out the possibility that it was engineered by humans, as some conspiracy theories have suggested.
Nor is it likely that the virus emerged from a negligent laboratory in China, they say. I would put it on a list of 1,000 different scenarios, said Nathan Grubaugh of Yale University, who studies the epidemiology of microbial disease.
Scientists say the the virus arose naturally in bats. They say the leading theory is that infection among humans began at an animal market in Wuhan, China, probably from an animal that got the virus from a bat.......................................
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Trump, aides float outlier theory on origins of coronavirus (that it emerged from a China lab)..... (Original Post)
riversedge
Apr 2020
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underpants
(182,576 posts)1. It was the lead on Tuckers show tonight
Dont ask why I had it in Fox.
Frankly we dont know but from what Ive read it seems like more carelessness than some super secret plan.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)3. Misleading
No clue what Trump or Fox is saying but the British say it escaped (not but was not made) in a lab.
5X
(3,972 posts)2. The US financed and setup that lab and trained the staff.
Could it have been an undercover operation?
dweller
(23,606 posts)4. so f'n what ?
it's out there NOW
and looking back to lay blame does not arrest it in its tracks...
it's up to us now
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