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Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute. (nitter.poast.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Live_Let_Live to c/technology
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[–] givesomefucks 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What kind of title is that when it ends up with this article:

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature

I don't understand why you wouldn't just link the article...

[–] TootSweet 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID"

So... does this mean we can finally put the lab-leak theory to rest? (Please?)

[–] dinckelman 23 points 2 weeks ago

It’s already too late. Those who wanted to weaponize it have already done so

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Can't put the genie back in the bottle. Would probably be a different story if China released this years ago.

[–] AbidanYre 4 points 2 weeks ago

Something tells me you didn't read the replies on the post.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because, surely, they got access to all of the samples, right?

[–] iceonfire1 5 points 2 weeks ago

If you believe the virus came from the Wuhan center and that was covered up, how could you trust a scientist from there to truthfully make this report? They could have just omitted a match to SARS-CoV2 if they found one.

Probably this needed to be published but it seems like a lose-lose proposition for the researchers and I doubt it will give conspiracy theorists a pause.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's 4 years too late.

[–] RizzRustbolt 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They should compare them to the COVID outbreak in 2017 in Kansas City.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As best I can tell, no such thing happened. Feel free to provide some credible sources to back that up though.

[–] Dkarma -1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for showing this finally disproved the link between China and covid in the us