Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab?

potholer54 · 182.3K views · 2020-05-16 · 26:08

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Science journalist potholer54 examines the claim that SARS-CoV-2 came from a Wuhan lab, tracing the sources behind it and the weaknesses in the evidence.

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HN commenters recommend it as a methodical debunking of early lab-leak claims.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2021

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Medicine & infectious disease Scientific method & science communication Media, journalism & propaganda

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wh313 · 2021-12 · Recommendation
Here's a two of his videos where he claims that COVID-19 emerged from a lab: [LINK] [LINK] And here's a pretty thorough analysis of the flaws with this theory: [VIDEO]
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TazeTSchnitzel · 2021-06 · Recommendation
A lot of this “circumstantial evidence” was and is game-of-telephone nonsense. Many mix together two completely different institutions (the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and the Wuhan Institute of Virology) which are several kilometres apart, for example. (Edit: [VIDEO] is a great look at said game of telephone.)
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hwillis · 2020-10 · Recommendation
> I'm not denying the plausibility that it was simply a mistake with a highly contagious virus being studied in their Wuhan lab There are two labs in Wuhan. The institute of virology, and the wuhan CDC. The institute of virology is 12 km from where the virus started spreading. The CDC lab -which does not study viruses- was the one at the center of the spread. The amount of bullshit associated with the origins of the virus is embarrassing. It would be one thing if it was planted propaganda- there are obvious lies and embellishments, but the sheer number of mistranslations, misunderstandings, and hilariously implausible theories taken as fact is insane. Potholer54 did a rather methodical takedown: [VIDEO]
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