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No Bats? Oh maaaaaan
I think they determined that the virus that spread to humans was bats that transferred to something in the market (aka intermediate hosts). That virus would have spread there, while technically the bats could have infected humans.
Wuhan market didn't sell bats.
Also, the only bats with a (96%) similar covid strain were in caves 1000 miles away.
However, samples from those bats were stored at the wuhan institute of virology.
Very first sentence quoted above. You don't even have to go to the article:
No amount of evidence or scientific consensus can convince a conspiracy theorist...
And yes, I know:
Therefore lab leak, right?
This Part makes me question things a bit. China is not really known for being honest about things happening in China.
Questioning things is fine. On the other hand, it's pretty hard to fake the ability to trace DNA to a specific market stall.
On top of that, the person I replied to is not questioning. They've already decided it's definitely a lab leak. See all of their other comments.
Ahhh okay, nvm then
The study itself is quite balanced and honest about data collection. It doesn't rule out a lab origin like the article claims.