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It's unlikely for years, or decades. The entire concept has been entirely and deliberately conflated with Trumpism, and any suggestion of a lab origin is met with a combination of outrage, gaslighting and deflection.

Yes, somehow it is considered racist and sinophobic to ask if the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, might possibly be related to the coronavirus research center in Wuhan.

Jon Stewart says it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8

>it is considered racist and sinophobic to ask if the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, might possibly be related to the coronavirus research center in Wuhan.

These (name-calling) are the refuge of a coward who won't consider that they could be wrong because that possibility would call into question other parts of their tightly held beliefs.

Thanks for Jon Stewart, I miss that guy and his humorous way of presenting stories to his audience.

>any suggestion of a lab origin is met with a combination of outrage, gaslighting and deflection.

And downvotes. LOL.

The paper trail for Covid-19 and H5N1 bird flu show common threads that can't be ignored until they can be conclusively demonstrated to be wrong.

We are not there today. We won't ever get there either if people are against entertaining that option (lab leak) long enough to be able to locate the facts that will conclusively exclude it.

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