• JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    15 days ago

    I’m not convinced of the Fort Derrick lab leak theory either, but the the presence of Covid prior to the Wuhan outbreak at least eliminates the proximity to the Wuhan virology/biodefense labs as indicating a lab leak there.

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      15 days ago

      Same. I haven’t investigated it in a while, but last I read virologists are still fairly certain COVID has a zoological origin. I would not be surprised at all if factory farming created it.

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        15 days ago

        Yeah, does it necessarily need to come from bats? Is there evidence that a specific species would be required, or are we just covering up our despicable animal farming (heh) practices?