[La1n]

>and that it leaked from a lab (based on the lockdown and sequestering of lab personnel in december).

You say "sound evidence" and then name some circumstantial evidence. This is similar types of evidence used for the "Fort Detrick origin" story. It was shut down in August 2019 for safety violations, and the Wuhan military games "could be" how it spread to China.

[thatswrong0]

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-...

It's not a conspiracy theory.

[sillycross]

I skimmed your article but I don't see any "sound evidence" proposed in the article either.

The line between "conspiracy theory" and "a theoretically possible hypothesis that can neither be proven nor ruled out" is kind of murky for me, but if you are claiming "there are sound evidence that COVID comes from a lab leak", then you cannot support your argument by only citing "space for reasonable doubts" (which is what your article said).

[akvadrako]

It's likely true but it's still a conspiracy theory because it involves multiple parties conspiring in secret.

[j_walter]

Despite that fact...the seemingly bought and paid for WHO were still claiming in late January that there was no person to person transmission. That stopped the US from doing any sort of checks of any sort and life went on...all the while the virus was spreading all over the country.

[mikem170]

As far as I know at that time they had no proof of person to person transmission. There are many coronaviruses in the wild, across many animal hosts, some can hop from person to person, some cannot. Many/most medical professionals did they same - stuck to the evidence and refused to hypothesize.

Why do you say the WHO are bought and paid for? Do you have any real evidence of that?

[robocat]

> WHO > That stopped the US from doing any sort of checks

Rubbish. Since when does the US listen to overseas authorities - only when you can use them as an excuse.

Taiwan instigated their procedures to start lockdown on people from China on December 31st, 2019.

The US has their own sources of information, and chose to ignore them, and the US has been burdened by the consequences of the poor decision making of your authorities.

Disclaimer: I am from New Zealand, that has so far done pretty well, which isn’t simply because we are a pacific island.