Although, we have recently sleepwalked all the way to ~168,842 dead people due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain...
There is strong evidence (no definite proof though) that it was made or at least cultivated in the lab in China. Also it came out at just at time when China didn't know what to do with pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
I have only heard of the biolabs theory from sources that I don't put a lot of faith in. But, I could have missed something. Could you share the best source on that?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-wray-covid-origin-likely-...
The WHO had plans to test animals and people around various locations to pinpoint the origin, but because their investigation was also going to include another look at the lab leak theory, they caved to pressure from China and abandoned the investigation:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00283-y
Not evidence per se, but suspicious, and casts doubt on their earlier conclusions.
There's plenty of coincidental and other high suspicious things, but if there were hard proof it wouldn't be much of a controversy.
1) We should tighten up all infectious disease labs
AND
2) We should have higher global food standards (wet markets, etc)
AND
3) Improve indoor air filtration, everywhere
As far as I can tell, we've done none of those things.
In terms of QALYs lost War in Ukraine is most likely worse.
Every premature death is a tragedy, but death of a 20 year old is much more tragic than that of an 80 year old.