| Posted: 05 May 2024 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | 4
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Jim Burdo wrote:
| The deliberate release claim is a strawman designed to stop discussion about the evidence that COVID was created in a lab. The validity of that is widely accepted |
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There are two theories. One is the lab-related theory that a portion of the US intelligence community seems to have warmed to. The other is a zoonotic origin theory. Which is the theory the scientific community says the science points to (and a portion of the US intelligence community also).
Let's talk about the evidence.
In Wuhan there is an Institute of Virology (WIV) in the Jiangxia District of Wuhan . There was also a live animal food market, known as the Huanan Seafood Market in the Jianghan District of Wuhan.
They are separated by the Yanghtze River and are some 30 minutes apart by car. WIV is on the east bank of the river. The Huanan market is on the west bank of the river.
Early cases in Wuhan occurred across the city, but most were clustered in one area: the west bank of the river, with the highest density being near to (or surrounding) the Huanan market.
From WHO data of the earliest cases:
You can read the full-blown analysis in this peer-reviewed paper published in Science:
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