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WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

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Re: WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

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>"Ben Embarek told the Danish reporters. In the end, Ben Embarek’s Chinese counterpart eventually agreed to discuss the lab-leak theory in the report “on the condition we didn’t recommend any specific studies to further that hypothesis.”

Things would have been so much better, if they had just come correct from the beginning.

But now we have all this politicking and censorship and accusations of racism, etc., etc. when discussing the possibility of it being a lab release.

Will Twitter and FB and the WHO issue a mea culpa? I don't expect so.

Re: WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

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If I post this to Facebook, or Twitter, what are the chances it will get taken down, or moderated?

It's a well known unreliable source, so pretty high?

Edit: when this comment was written, the thread was pointing at summit.news, not AP.

Re: WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

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Summit News is not a reliable source: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/summit-news/

>Launched in March 2019, Summit News is a far-right conspiracy website. Like most questionable sources this website does not have an about page nor disclosure of ownership. The primary writer appears to be Paul Joseph Watson, who is a former editor for the conspiracy website Infowars. Although not disclosed, Paul Joseph Watson appears to be the owner and editor of this website.

Re: WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

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>"Ben Embarek told the Danish reporters. In the end, Ben Embarek’s Chinese counterpart eventually agreed to discuss the lab-leak theory in the report “on the condition we didn’t recommend any specific studies to further that hypothesis.” Things would have been so much better, if they had just come correct from the beginning. But now we have all this politicking and censorship and accusations of racism, etc., etc. whe…

I found it sad to see how a very plausible theory (other countries have had leaks in the past) was silenced and censored.

As a starter, we need a deep and careful investigation to make sure this doesn't happen ever again either in China or elsewhere.

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