• explore_broaden@midwest.social
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    21 days ago

    No, this is circumstantial evidence from people who not only believe that this ebola outbreak came from a lab, but also that COVID-19 came from a lab, both of which are widely regarded as conspiracy theories.

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      21 days ago

      I haven’t read into it yet, and am not set either way. (If anything I’d think it wasn’t true, knowing a little how the BSL4 labs run, and all the precautions in place). But I’m always down to look into credible sources. I’ll give these a skim later.

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      21 days ago

      They aren’t conspiracy theories, at least, not according to the US Government and Biden’s DoE:

      https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-leak-coronavirus-pandemic.html

      Circumstantial evidence, not conclusive either way, but clearly the Biden administration feels the evidence is weighted slightly more on the side you just called a conspiracy theory.

      Which again, is all they allege for ebola, but unlike the co-author of that first paper I linked, I don’t have a PhD in virology, so what do I know.