Can't believe they're still repeating a debunked conspiracy theory. /s<p>"The covid-19 lab leak hypothesis: did the media fall victim to a misinformation campaign?"<p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1656" rel="nofollow">https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1656</a>
The first 3 points seem pretty weak, but damn, it got suspicious from point 4 onwards.<p>Regarding point 1, yeah the Chinese stalled, but doctors in Wuhan were already texting each other about the weird infection, in November/December. I think it's possible a government lab took a sample of the virus and started to develop the vaccine even before an actual government acknowledgement, however irresponsible that is.<p>Point 2 feels like an accusation with no evidence, just based on prior behavior of someone in some other place, but also China.<p>Point 3 could just be coincidence.
Ten things we learned from the Senate report on Covid in China<p>US Senate Committee reveals China may have made vaccines before telling the world there was a dangerous virus in the country + others