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Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241208004114/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-03982-2

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why are we still doing this?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because Donald Trump is about to start slinging shit from the highest office in the land again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Was he ever interested in facts?

Facts do not matter to bullies, just tell him he is fat when you get the chance and go on.

[–] Skullgrid 6 points 1 week ago

I mean, this is the time to investigate the standards of containment practices in viral research labs and start pointing fingers if they need to be pointed.

NOT when it was time to try to discredit the idea of vaccines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Because libs agree with Trump that China bad, so it's important to fight that still, especially as Trump gives them the excuse to rapidly and ridiculously increase their racist policies.