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

https://nitter.poast.org/Nature/status/1865020059522842952

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (3 replies)

"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@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
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Earflap@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y

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

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

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

iceonfire1@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

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.

kereshnull@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y

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

tleb@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

It's 4 years too late.

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Earflap@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 1y

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

Dkarma@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y

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