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Bret Weinstein and Yuri Deigin: Did Covid-19 leak From a Lab?

Bret Weinstein · 179K views · 2020-06-08 · 2:01:45

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Overview

Bret Weinstein and Yuri Deigin discuss the evidence for the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a lab, including the furin cleavage site and gain-of-function research. The conversation draws on Deigin's Medium article.

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HN commenters shared it in 2020 and 2021 as an early, in-depth presentation of the lab-leak case, though it is a contested viewpoint.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2020–2021

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What people said

loceng · 2021-03 · Strong recommendation

There's tons of propaganda trying to diminish the likelihood of a lab leak (purposeful or a mistake). Watch this though - [VIDEO] - and it's very clear that it likely originated from the Wuhan lab (they were studying those bats originating from 200 miles away + multiple markers in the genes showing human intervention/editing) - and that what's being promoted by these orgs into mainstream is gaslighting.

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GillBates666 · 2020-06 · Strong recommendation

[VIDEO] How does mainstream media keep their credibility? A considerable portion of the population is just ok with being lied too I guess. Shrug. At the very least we should be investigating all possibilities in regards to the origin of the virus. China has a terrible track record with viruses. They leaked SARS1 twice. The first largely publicized cluster is right next to the coronavirus lab there. Now we have a ton of genetic evidence that can't be hidden. To what length will the media go to hide this and redirect the conversation?

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qrybam · 2021-06 · Recommendation

For anyone who’s listened to Bret Weinstein’s podcast from early on in the pandemic, “gain of function research” will be a familiar term. Great to see this hypothesis getting traction in mainstream media. What’s still crazy to me is how quickly things were explained away and how strongly the directly related scientific community said the hypothesis was “fringe”. Here’s an episode of Bret’s podcast from June 2020 covering this in depth: [VIDEO] Edit: a word

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