Studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market, find alternative scenarios extremely unlikely
www.sciencedaily.com
Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early COVID-19 cases indicate the pandemic started in Huanan market in Wuhan, China, with live animals being sold at the market as the likely source. Genomic studies revealed that the SARS-Cov-2 virus jumped into humans on at two separate occasions.

All up not the worst outcome.

Best outcome would have been that it was already spreading globally (as suggested by wastewater analysis) and China just detected it first.

Next best would be that it was brought into the wet market, but by a person.

Slightly worse is if it jumped from animals at the market, as that vindicates the racists. <— we are here

Worse than that is accidental lab leak of natural virus.

Worse still is accidental lab leak of manufactured virus.

Worst of all is intentional release of manufactured virus.

  • Sincerity [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Because even doing that in bad faith perpetuates complete falsehoods. Basically it’s tainting the well.

    It’s pretty well characterised that people who go for some conspiracy, either choose to consume much more or are at least primed to engage with and be less skeptical of further conspiratorial ideas.

    From a purely pragmatic point of view, a base of conspiratorially minded comrades who aren't able to critically assess information are probably a lot more susceptible to ops and targeted disinfo.