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		whoitwas 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's ... I thought that was baseless speculation and the lab leak more likely explained it because it was in close proximity to the market.

lolinder 11 months ago [–]

That's still highly contentious, hence the "low confidence" the CIA assigned to their conclusion. There's apparently a lot of evidence for the zoonotic original, though I personally don't understand said evidence.

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