That’s just wild. The one silver lining to T2 is that I’m not shocked by anything anymore. It’s still outrageous, but the surprise is gone.

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    The virus could have arrived there on the shoe of a lab worker

    And it could have been sprayed by flying saucers. How is that any less probable?

    You’re using the words without understanding virology or epidemiology or basic probabilities. We have evidence of prior outbreaks like SARS from the wild and positive cultures in the wet market are major pieces of evidence to back up the origin.

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      And it could have been sprayed by flying saucers. How is that any less probable?

      Because only a trail of infected animals arriving at the market would imply a zoonotic origin.

      positive cultures in the wet market are major pieces of evidence to back up the origin.

      No, because we cannot determine if those virus cultures arrived to the market on an animal, on the shoe of a lab worker or even by ufo.

      The data does not help determine the origin. It only documents the spread.

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        Not at all. You think animals naturally migrated on their own from the forest to the market and would leave a trail? Someone picked one up and brought it in a cage. It only takes one.

        I love how everyone online is an armchair zoonotic expert. Your ideas are inexperienced.

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          Someone picked one up and brought it in a cage.

          Possibly, but there is no evidence that this happened. No animals in captivatity or in the wild outside of the wuhan market have been found with early strains of sars-cov-2.

          This is why a lab leak remains as a possible origin.

          I love how everyone online is an armchair zoonotic expert. Your ideas are inexperienced.

          Expertise is not required to understand what NO EVIDENCE means.