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Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab?

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What it is

Science journalist potholer54 examines the claim that SARS-CoV-2 came from a Wuhan lab, tracing the sources behind it and the weaknesses in the evidence.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a methodical debunking of early lab-leak claims.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “He is very entertaining and very insightful.”

    Debunking lab-leak claims about SARS-CoV-2

    chvid, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab”

  2. “Potholer54 did a rather methodical takedown”

    Methodical takedown of lab-leak claims

    hwillis, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering?”

  3. “is a great look at said game of telephone”

    Shows how lab-leak evidence became game-of-telephone nonsense

    TazeTSchnitzel, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Publish and Perish”

  4. “pretty thorough analysis of the flaws with this theory”

    Thorough analysis of flaws in the lab-leak theory

    wh313, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Apache Log4j bug: China’s industry ministry pulls support from Alibaba Cloud”

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Topics: sars-cov-2, lab leak, wuhan, misinformation, fact checking

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