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It would be trivial for the Chinese to determine if covid 19 matches with what they were investigating in the lab, and if the people in the lab were among the f
by cypress66 2y ago
It would be trivial for the Chinese to determine if covid 19 matches with what they were investigating in the lab, and if the people in the lab were among the first infected.
- eightysixfour 2y agoBut it is non-trivial to impossible for them to prove it wasn’t. Which is perfect for political tools and wedges.
- cypress66 2y agoOk. But I'm saying it's almost impossible that no one knows, as the parent comment suggests. Edit: my original comment was not intended to be a reply to you, but to the parent.
- eightysixfour 2y agoAh, fair. If it was a lab leak, it is likely someone, or many people, know. I doubt any of them have any incentives to share that information.
- bhickey 2y agoI don't think it's so simple. * A worker could've been infected while hunting for viruses in a cave. * Someone could've been infected prior to the sample being ascenioned.