Comment by dlachausse 13 hours ago
Other than politics why would you believe any other scenario to be more likely than the lab leak hypothesis at this point? It’s far too much of a coincidence that patient zero was in such close proximity to the WIV that studies and researches viruses exactly like COVID-19. The actions of the CCP and those aligned with their interests just further cements the likelihood of this hypothesis.
The evidence favors spread from market:
Here is a review paper of all the evidence so far:
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annur...
Not true, there is significant evidence that actually favors the lab leak hypothesis…
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2025/03/28/covid-1...
Additionally the Biden administration and other world governments suppressed the lab leak hypothesis which means that researchers seeking government funding had an incentive to support the official wet market narrative instead…
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5058339-biden-adminis...
Because the closest relative of the sars-cov-2 virus is found in animals in Thailand, and just before the pandemic, exotic animals from Thailand were imported directly to the Wuhan wet market, which was a regional hub for importing animals. The WIV lab did not have a copy of that virus. The original sars-cov-1 virus emerged at an animal farm upriver from Hong Kong. The MERS virus emerged at a camel farm. Seeing a pattern yet?