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China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of US funding for violating biosafety rules
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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I think the lab with a long record of carelessness leaking the virus by accident is entirely plausible if not the most reasonable explanation. The issue is not so much about how/when it was leaked, but more along the lines of how poorly they handled the whole situation and subsequent coverup. For all we know, it could have been leaked by accident way earlier.
I personally don't think it came from Detrick, but I don't fault you for thinking so
It came from the lab in Wuhan, not Detrick. We shall never really know since every govt, especially China will deny and cover up the truth.
It didn't come from a lab in Wuhan, it was first discovered in Wuhan but was already going around in Italy for months at that point based on waste samples.
The point was that we have just as much evidence to say it came from Detrick as we do to say it came from a Chinese lab. It most likely didn't come from either, but only one of these conspiracies gets pushed. If you provide any pushback that maybe China isn't responsible for COVID you get met with "well they would lie and cover it up, so I might as well be right"