Covid: Summary of lab-origin hypothesis
If you click on the link in the thread, there&#x27;s an editor&#x27;s note clarifying that this paper is being used to prop up dodgy claims, for which there&#x27;s no evidence.<p>The main issue I have with the &#x27;lab leak&#x27; theory is that I haven&#x27;t seen much evidence one way or another. Hitchens&#x27; razor applies- what can be stated without evidence can be as easily dismissed without evidence.  I personally don&#x27;t see any issue with the idea of this escaping from a lab (a friend who used to work at the CDC told me some rather scary stories about working there), but there&#x27;s no serious evidence it was the case here.<p>On the other hand, many people would like it to be true, because it feeds into a conspiracy narrative. People can&#x27;t believe things like global, deadly viral pandemics can occur naturally, even though they do.