Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn't be ruled out (technologyreview.com)
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eightysixfour Jan 25, 2025 | on: CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's origins | context

I had a pretty long post about this here before, due to the politicization of the issue it is highly unlikely any of us will ever know “the truth” without a surprise smoking gun. There are good reasons to believe the natural or the lab leak hypotheses.

I think you have to accept it is now unlikely we normies will ever know the truth.

The post, and its comments, are worth reading still IMO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26750452#26751943

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