Thread by @Ayjchan

Am I getting this right that the question is no longer:

Is Covid-19 from a market or a lab?

But even China is asking:

Is Covid-19 from a Chinese or American lab?

The natural spillover hypothesis is definitely off the table now?

globaltimes.cn/page/202108/12…

This Chinese state media article has so many good points:

1. Labs should be investigated by the WHO #OriginsOfCovid

2. Even top labs have (frequent) accidents and may not report it to the authorities

3. Biosafety measures taken in response to lab incidents are not bulletproof

4. A leak can result in 100s of people infected over a period of time when the virus is quietly evolving better human-to-human/animal transmission

5. Some countries have an opaque biosafety/biosecurity system

6. The government doesn’t always know what is happening in its labs

7. Scientists sometimes work with pathogens at a lower biosafety level than required by national regulations

8. Pathogens can be created seamlessly, ie leave no trace of lab engineering

9. Some countries have large pathogen databases that are not publicly accessible

10. Politicizing the #OriginsOfCovid will leave a stain on the history of humankind.

Wow, these points made by an anonymous Chinese biosecurity expert really do make a lab origin of covid-19 seem very likely!

I wonder which country has the largest SARS-like virus collection.