“From bats to humans through another animal” - isn’t that one of the main “lab leak” angles? It was a coronavirus from a bat being studied in how it infects other animals then accidentally transferred to humans? So basically the day to day operations of the lab in Wuhan except this time a virus that spreads easily and quickly often with no visible symptoms somehow got out. I honestly find it hard to ascribe enough certainty to say what is the most likely scenario, however I
Just to be precise, a lab leak would not probably involve an intermediary *animal*. It would be bat->lab->people.
Technology Review has a (possibly paywalled) article with some interesting information here: https://www.technologyreview.c... [technologyreview.com]
It seems awfully hard to ignore that the Wuhan lab was definitely working with coronaviruses from bats prior to the outbreak, but guts and anecdotes are not data and hard analysis.
That said, your point needs amplification that a leak from a lab does not mean an engin
I only meant it was a widely circulated conjecture, not that it was the most certain, yes. I see it as if it was from bats hundreds of miles away in a rural area, the majority of the exposed population would be locals, and yet there is a fairly high degree of certainty it did not originate there but right next to the lab where you would expect a high level of interaction. And yet, Wuhan is so large, there is also a chance that the initial case did travel to Wuhan after exposure but before becoming symptom
China really does not have that kind of control you think it does. Stories thoughout the years seem to imply that on the contrary, China is very loosely controlled, decentralized, and inept.
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Just to be precise, a lab leak would not probably involve an intermediary *animal*. It would be bat->lab->people.
Technology Review has a (possibly paywalled) article with some interesting information here: https://www.technologyreview.c... [technologyreview.com]
It seems awfully hard to ignore that the Wuhan lab was definitely working with coronaviruses from bats prior to the outbreak, but guts and anecdotes are not data and hard analysis.
That said, your point needs amplification that a leak from a lab does not mean an engin
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China really does not have that kind of control you think it does. Stories thoughout the years seem to imply that on the contrary, China is very loosely controlled, decentralized, and inept.
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