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Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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Thought this was an interesting comment:

> Lord Ridley told MPs: “I also think it’s more likely than not because we have to face the fact after two months we knew the origins of Sars, and after a couple of months we knew Mers was though through camels, but after two years we still haven't found a single infected animal that could be the progenitor, and that’s incredibly surprising.

There have been tons of threads about this so we are just rehashing the same info mostly but this was an interesting point I hadn’t heard of on previously considered.

Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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It was an amusing period when all the mainstream media outlets attacked such discussions as racist and xenophobic and censorship platforms like YouTube banned it.

And then somehow noted scientists like Jon Stewart allowed for the discussion to be allowed.

This dilly dallying on the origins of Covid only shows the importance of free speech and the dangers of the mainstream media, Big Tech and their lies. Whether the real source is the Wuhan Lab is no longer relevant. Trying to force the discussion genie into the censorship bottle is the real story.

Unfortunately now they are pushing the Wuhan lab leak theory for different and nefarious purposes instead of the furtherment of medical research.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/jon-stewart-surprised-at-covid...

Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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Note that this only the opinion of one doctor (or two), not some official conclusion by the WHO or other big organization.

One doctor who has held this opinion this whole time, and has a book out arguing for it.

Whether or not she is right is one question, but the phrasing here is implying that there has been a change in opinion, which is not true.

Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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post #5

It was an amusing period when all the mainstream media outlets attacked such discussions as racist and xenophobic and censorship platforms like YouTube banned it. And then somehow noted scientists like Jon Stewart allowed for the discussion to be allowed. This dilly dallying on the origins of Covid only shows the importance of free speech and the dangers of the mainstream media, Big Tech and their lies. Whether the r…

This just reinforces my lack of faith in the "experts", and my belief that they are playing politicians. "We don't have a clue what's flying but listen to me because i'm a doctor" doesn't make sense to me.

Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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Note that this only the opinion of one doctor (or two), not some official conclusion by the WHO or other big organization.

The conclusion of the WHO, which essentially took China's word for it with no independent oversight or real investigation into the lab, and big organizations that proselytized the results of the "investigation" to justify accusations of conspiracy theory thinking, are irrelevant.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj0016

Re: Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid'

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Note that this only the opinion of one doctor (or two), not some official conclusion by the WHO or other big organization.

The WHO has displayed in stunning detail, how they are incapable of independent thought and how they are utterly unwilling to challenge any of the Chinese government various blatant lies. I think at this stage they are just lackeys to China. I think Trump was right to cut their funding.
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