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But it has been examined and the virus traces back to animals and earlier strains which were not as contagious.

This is one of the many papers on the subject:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

So why are we still discussing this? Because we are being manipulated.

You don't just publish a study and have it cemented as fact to end all other studies.

It is no just one paper. There are plenty of peer reviewed papers out there, published in reputable outlets, that analyzes the origin of the virus and none of them indicate that it is artificially made.

It doesn't have to be artificially "made". It could still be "fostered" in a lab.

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