https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-how-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-suddenly-became-credible/ …. A key point: lab leak does not imply manipulation and manipulation does not imply ill intent.
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Marc Lipsitch Retweeted Tom Cotton
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@SenTomCotton on many many things but this set of tweets quoted in the article lays it out correctlyhttps://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1229202134048133126 …Marc Lipsitch added,
Tom CottonVerified account @SenTomCottonLet me debunk the debunkers.@paulina_milla and her “experts” wrongly jump straight to the claim that the coronavirus is an engineered bioweapon. That’s not what I’ve said. There’s at least four hypotheses about the origin of the virus: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1229187459742867465 …Show this thread11 replies 27 retweets 163 likesShow this thread -
In contrast this statement is illogical “However, since we observed all notable SARS-CoV-2 features, including the optimized RBD and polybasic cleavage site, in related coronaviruses in nature, we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible.”
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One must also consider that during every major outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic, there has arisen a conspiracy theory that the origin of the causative microbe was in a laboratory; for example, H1N1, Ebola, and now
#COVID19. During. Every. Single. One.8 replies 8 retweets 40 likes -
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As a result, there is huge element of "Been there, done that" to the Wuhan "lab leak" hypothesis, particularly given its association with the loonier "plandemic" conspiracy theories that began early in the pandemic.
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Forgot about that, but yes.
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