This is a critically important topic, and the information in this post is of potential existential import to humanity. Accordingly, statements of fact must be made with care, and I comment to point to details that are factually incorrect.
First, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China's only BSL-4 lab, is ~12 kilometers from the Huanan Seafood Market, not 10 miles, and the Chinese CDC lab is less than 300 meters from that market, not 3 miles.
Second, the Lancet paper that originally disproved the theory that SARS-CoV-2 originated in the wet market asserted that patient zero was discovered on December 1, however new research has revealed that was not patient zero, who has been shown to have had the infection in mid-November. This does not newly imply the wet market is the source of SARS2, and the evidence that indicates it is a lab engineering product is completely unaffected by the new information.
Frankly, absolutely no evidence at all exists SARS2 came from a zoonotic source sparking the pandemic. This particular virus has not been shown in any non-human source population. Every claim a zoonotic source exists is completely speculation. Indeed, the complex genetic signature of the SARS2 virus indicates that an almost inconceivable chain of cross species infections would have been necessary to produce the ongoing pandemic, starting with bats in China, and passing to Malaysian pangolins and Asian snakes.
WIV clearly studied all these viruses, and mingled their parts, creating chimerae. Shi Zhengli is a central actor in that research. Peng Zhou and Huang Yan Lin were also involved. These facts strongly indicate Dr. Shi and WIV are the specific source of the present pandemic.
Lastly, I am a bit agog at the name of the UK organization mentioned in relation to Boris Johnson, Cobra.
GI Joe should worry.
Thanks!
"First, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China's only BSL-4 lab, is ~12 kilometers from the Huanan Seafood Market, not 10 miles, and the Chinese CDC lab is less than 300 meters from that market, not 3 miles."
(No you have mixed up the labs. There is actually two one is Wuhan Virology Lab [10 miles] from the market the other is Wuhan CDC [3 miles.]) I did the same thing and most people did as well until I researched it deeper.
Please provide sources for this information that contradicts every other article and source I have ever seen regarding the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Chinese CDC lab being ~12 clicks and 280 meters from the Huanan Seafood Market, respectively.
Dozens of media organizations, scientific articles from journals like The Lancet, Nature, and civilians on the ground in China would have to have incorrectly reported the locations of these labs for your information to be correct, and I find it difficult to accept on merely your assertion.
It's not on my assertion alone. Here's a link to business insider discussing the distance.
https://www.businessinsider.com/theory-coronavirus-accidentally-leaked-chinese-lab-2020-4?r=DE&IR=T
I think the difference between 280 meters and 600 meters is because they aren't measuring in straight lines, but travel distances. This is also why instead of 12 clicks they come up with 14 for the WIV.
3 miles and 10 miles aren't correct even if you cite this source. It's not particularly germaine, but the discrepancy caught my eye, and insofar as that is the result, folks may question other statements of fact you make.
I have heard from some already. I do not intend to disparage you in my comment here, but offer what I hope you accept as constructive criticism.
Do me the favor of ruthlessly correcting me when I am wrong, and I'll be glad of it.