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taw567890on Leaving China

It was detected in European samples (Spain, Italy) collected as early as March 2019 and is likely to have been spreading around the US by that point already.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-...

taw567890on Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says

>Previously the 'big lie' was that it was not from a lab.

Wasn't the previous news claim specifically that somebody in Wuhan ate a bat or pangolin? Until it was made public that the US was involved in funding the research.

taw567890on Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says

>I feel the US's response to the pandemic and the massive mistakes make it less likely.

It may be unlikely but there have been many instances where the US population becomes a victim of its own government's covert actions. The quality of response doesn't neccessarily prove anything.