Youre doing your job as apologist for China well, Ricky. First with regard to the cover-up Axis--hardly a conservative news organization--compiled a timeline of the cover-up:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios. ... 5faab.html
One study estimated that if China acted three weeks earlier a 95% reduction of cases could have been achieved. Of course if the researchers had gotten sick in November, then the cover-up was far, far worse.
And there was a heavy cost for whistleblowers:
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02 ... l-hnk-dst/
As for "evidence" that it did not come from the lab, there is no evidence. Opinions from researchers as to what they think are the likely causes do not constitute evidence. The theory you presented from one researcher with regard to the wet market was such a reach even he didnt have confidence in it.
From the BBC:
"Is there another theory?
Yes, and it's called the "natural origin" theory.
This argues the virus spread naturally from animals, without the involvement of any scientists or laboratories.
Supporters of the natural origin hypothesis say Covid-19 emerged in bats and then jumped to humans, most likely through another animal, or "intermediary host".
That idea was backed by the WHO report, which said it was "likely to very likely" that Covid had made it to humans through an intermediate host.
This hypothesis was widely accepted at the start of the pandemic, but as time has worn on, scientists have not found a virus in either bats or another animal that matches the genetic make-up of Covid-19, casting doubt over the theory."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 268111.amp
Lab accidents happen:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatod ... 4765985001
You have these massive coincidences: (1) a biolab in Wuhan that had the bats that harbor the virus and was doing gain in function research, (2) no one has presented ANY evidence that horseshoe bats live around Wuhan, and (3) for some reason on December 2 the Chinese CDC moved its lab close to the market. For this last coincidence:
"The Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, key to virus prevention and detection, moved its laboratory in Wuhan on December 2, 2019. The WHO report, written in conjunction with Chinese officials, notes this fact and says it could have been disruptive to a laboratory's operations. It also notes the lab moved to a location near the Huanan Seafood Market, the exotic animal trade center thought to have played a major role in the virus' early spread. The move happened just six days before the first patient experienced Covid-19 symptoms, according to China's account. (He is, the WHO report said, an accountant working for a family company, with no known history of attending crowded events, animal "wet market" contact, or exotic trips to the wilderness. These facts suggest he may have got it in the city, perhaps from another person)."
Funny, how this last coincidence is hardly reported at all...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics ... index.html
And now you have another massive coincidence: three researchers got sick in November. You say there is no confirmation? Well, why doesnt China open up lab records and data with regard to their research? What viruses were they working on? Provide access to medical records of the researchers? Allow researchers to be interviewed. Allow employees at local hospitals to be interviewed. This absolutely can be cleared up if it wasnt a lab leak. Alternative theories have gone nowhere. There is enough circumstantial evidence pointing to the lab that China needs to open its records. We need the cause to help us prevent another lab leak and end gain in function research.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios. ... 5faab.html
One study estimated that if China acted three weeks earlier a 95% reduction of cases could have been achieved. Of course if the researchers had gotten sick in November, then the cover-up was far, far worse.
And there was a heavy cost for whistleblowers:
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02 ... l-hnk-dst/
As for "evidence" that it did not come from the lab, there is no evidence. Opinions from researchers as to what they think are the likely causes do not constitute evidence. The theory you presented from one researcher with regard to the wet market was such a reach even he didnt have confidence in it.
From the BBC:
"Is there another theory?
Yes, and it's called the "natural origin" theory.
This argues the virus spread naturally from animals, without the involvement of any scientists or laboratories.
Supporters of the natural origin hypothesis say Covid-19 emerged in bats and then jumped to humans, most likely through another animal, or "intermediary host".
That idea was backed by the WHO report, which said it was "likely to very likely" that Covid had made it to humans through an intermediate host.
This hypothesis was widely accepted at the start of the pandemic, but as time has worn on, scientists have not found a virus in either bats or another animal that matches the genetic make-up of Covid-19, casting doubt over the theory."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 268111.amp
Lab accidents happen:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatod ... 4765985001
You have these massive coincidences: (1) a biolab in Wuhan that had the bats that harbor the virus and was doing gain in function research, (2) no one has presented ANY evidence that horseshoe bats live around Wuhan, and (3) for some reason on December 2 the Chinese CDC moved its lab close to the market. For this last coincidence:
"The Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, key to virus prevention and detection, moved its laboratory in Wuhan on December 2, 2019. The WHO report, written in conjunction with Chinese officials, notes this fact and says it could have been disruptive to a laboratory's operations. It also notes the lab moved to a location near the Huanan Seafood Market, the exotic animal trade center thought to have played a major role in the virus' early spread. The move happened just six days before the first patient experienced Covid-19 symptoms, according to China's account. (He is, the WHO report said, an accountant working for a family company, with no known history of attending crowded events, animal "wet market" contact, or exotic trips to the wilderness. These facts suggest he may have got it in the city, perhaps from another person)."
Funny, how this last coincidence is hardly reported at all...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics ... index.html
And now you have another massive coincidence: three researchers got sick in November. You say there is no confirmation? Well, why doesnt China open up lab records and data with regard to their research? What viruses were they working on? Provide access to medical records of the researchers? Allow researchers to be interviewed. Allow employees at local hospitals to be interviewed. This absolutely can be cleared up if it wasnt a lab leak. Alternative theories have gone nowhere. There is enough circumstantial evidence pointing to the lab that China needs to open its records. We need the cause to help us prevent another lab leak and end gain in function research.
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