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> But why do you think it is important to prove a lab leak?

Perhaps because it is slightly interesting what caused the worst pandemic since the Spanish flu? Because millions of people died? Because knowing the cause could perhaps prevent something similar happen again? Perhaps prevent millions of deaths?

I'm astonished by this question.



Sure but what if it just isn't knowable?


Historians are still finding out things that happened hundreds of years ago. Do you really think the origins of Covid are lost in the mists of time?


Yes, why do you not? Or why do you need it so bad? You can do whatever you were going to do anyway.




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