COVID Lab Leak Theory

This cluster focuses on debates about whether COVID-19 originated from a laboratory leak, including discussions on evidence, scientific opinions, censorship of the hypothesis, and its implications.

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ilrwbwrkhv Nov 5, 2023 View on HN

It's a lab leak though isn't it?

karpierz Jan 12, 2022 View on HN

Is there a way to disprove the lab leak hypothesis?

selimthegrim Apr 30, 2025 View on HN

Covid lab leak theory wasn’t enough?

questinthrow Nov 5, 2023 View on HN

Why doesn't it matter that it's a lab leak?

chickenmonkey Jun 4, 2021 View on HN

The idea of a lab leak could either mean that legitimate research was happening on this virus and it got accidentally leaked, or that the virus was being prepared as a bio-weapon and was intentionally or unintentionally released. The reason I think those scientists disavowed the lab leak theory initially was to avoid confusion between whether COVID-19 was an intentional bio-attack by China as many believed then and was pushed by Trump.

vasdae Nov 5, 2023 View on HN

Back when it was hard to prove that it was a lab leak, the theory was censored and we were called crazy. Now that it is obvious that it was a lab leak, we are told it doesn't really matter.

Grustaf Jun 4, 2021 View on HN

Surely you mean "The lab-leak CONSPIRACY theory"?

rhaway84773 Jul 15, 2023 View on HN

Literally none of this is correct. The article headline is also false.The scientists are all saying that the lab leak is a possibility. About the most “suspicious” thing being said is that if it is a lab leak they will need irrefutable evidence, but they simultaneously claim that it’s entirely explainable by natural causes as well.One scientist is unsure about the natural explanation because of the distance of the believed origin of the virus. Of course, later information has completely ex

goatlover Aug 12, 2023 View on HN

Sarcasm? The science isn't settled regarding whether there was a lab leak.

ekianjo Oct 8, 2021 View on HN

i remember not long ago lancet scientists claimed that the lab leak was some kind of ridiculous conspiracy theory.Scientists can be corrupted too.