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This was definitely man made.


I have been saying this is a distinct possibility for around one year now.

People couldn't separate US politics from the actual arguments.

May 2020

The broader story around the following is slowly gaining traction.

Personally I am still ~60/40 on this and don't have time now but it seems to me that there are some odd things related to Corona Virus research floating around out there.

How reliable is Newsweek? Stripping the "scandal" and "politics" out of the article it seems that Gain of Function research was being done.

Now is there anything in the virus genome that looks out of place? That is the question.

Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

But just last year, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the organization led by Dr. Fauci, funded scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other institutions for work on gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses.

In 2019, with the backing of NIAID, the National Institutes of Health committed $3.7 million over six years for research that included some gain-of-function work. The program followed another $3.7 million, 5-year project for collecting and studying bat coronaviruses, which ended in 2019, bringing the total to $7.4 million.

Many scientists have criticized gain of function research, which involves manipulating viruses in the lab to explore their potential for infecting humans, because it creates a risk of starting a pandemic from accidental release.

Dr. Fauci backed controversial Wuhan lab with U.S. dollars for risky coronavirus research
 
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'Can't rule out Wuhan lab escape': Scientists from Stanford, Harvard and MIT slam the World Health Organization for dismissing the 'viable' theory and call for more research
  • Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter
  • It was published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge
  • Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories
  • The researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence
  • The letter reads that 'yet more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic'
Researchers at a number of top universities have penned a letter saying theories that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab 'remain viable' and called for further studies to investigate the origins of the virus.

Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge.

Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories - but the researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence.

Relman told The Times of London that 'many who signed this letter feel the same way' that researchers 'simply just don't have enough information.'

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Researchers pen letter claiming theories that COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab 'remain viable' | Daily Mail Online
 

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'Can't rule out Wuhan lab escape': Scientists from Stanford, Harvard and MIT slam the World Health Organization for dismissing the 'viable' theory and call for more research
  • Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter
  • It was published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge
  • Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories
  • The researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence
  • The letter reads that 'yet more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic'
Researchers at a number of top universities have penned a letter saying theories that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab 'remain viable' and called for further studies to investigate the origins of the virus.

Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge.

Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories - but the researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence.

Relman told The Times of London that 'many who signed this letter feel the same way' that researchers 'simply just don't have enough information.'

42968846-9577357-image-a-19_1620952868125.jpg


Researchers pen letter claiming theories that COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab 'remain viable' | Daily Mail Online



Not a far fetched theory at all. I don't necessarily think it was from a biowarfare standpoint, but labs all across the world have been studying SARS and trying to come up with vaccines for it for decades now. And of course china, nor any other nation, would ever willingly admit that it came from their labs if given the opportunity to deflect blame. Think of the legal and financial liabilities if they were to.
 

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'Can't rule out Wuhan lab escape': Scientists from Stanford, Harvard and MIT slam the World Health Organization for dismissing the 'viable' theory and call for more research
  • Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter
  • It was published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge
  • Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories
  • The researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence
  • The letter reads that 'yet more investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic'
Researchers at a number of top universities have penned a letter saying theories that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab 'remain viable' and called for further studies to investigate the origins of the virus.

Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter published in the journal Science and signed by 18 prominent biologists from universities like Harvard and Cambridge.

Claims that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have been laughed off as conspiracy theories - but the researchers suggest in the letter that the 'hypotheses' cannot be ruled out until there is more evidence.

Relman told The Times of London that 'many who signed this letter feel the same way' that researchers 'simply just don't have enough information.'

42968846-9577357-image-a-19_1620952868125.jpg


Researchers pen letter claiming theories that COVID-19 escaped from Wuhan lab 'remain viable' | Daily Mail Online
Proof would be nice.
 
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