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See how Wuhan lab at center of leak theory is designed (CNN) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Aug 2021 OP
Just another "report" to placate the MAGA. PSPS Aug 2021 #1
I am certainly not a MAGA and the lab leak theory is plausible crimycarny Aug 2021 #2
I guess you missed the "oh, there's another lab" part of the video. PoliticAverse Aug 2021 #3

PSPS

(13,595 posts)
1. Just another "report" to placate the MAGA.
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 03:56 PM
Aug 2021

Notice how the only comments that are critical of the lab's design or operation are coming from MAGA/trump toadies. I guess the media gets more ad revenue or clicks if they keep this conspiracy theory alive.

crimycarny

(1,351 posts)
2. I am certainly not a MAGA and the lab leak theory is plausible
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 04:18 PM
Aug 2021

The original SARS leaked from labs (after the initial outbreak) and caused small outbreaks 2, possibly 3 times. Why is it implausible to think SARS-2, a far more contagious version, couldn't have leaked as well?

From 2004:


The World Health Organization has confirmed that breaches of safety procedures on at least two occasions at one of Beijing's top virology laboratories were the probable cause of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) there last month, which infected nine people, one of whom died.


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC416634/

To investigate this theory doesn't mean it's somehow a "win" for the MAGA's. It's plausible, it's science, and we need to learn to it doesn't happen again.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
3. I guess you missed the "oh, there's another lab" part of the video.
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 05:17 PM
Aug 2021

And how is it a "conspiracy theory" unless there is a claim some people "conspired to" (i.e. intentionally) release it.

All the discussion I've seen involve a possible accidental release.

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