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Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague

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  1. robmusial · · focus · HN ↗
    I literally just finished Annie Jacobsen's book 'Biological War: A Scenario' last week where the central plot point is an accidental release of modified form of pneumonic plague from a lab in Siberia. Very coincidental timing, especially since it made me wonder how often labs like these have accidents and we never hear about them because it is cleaned up without issue.
    1. petcat · · focus · HN ↗
      > made me wonder how often labs like these have accidents and we never hear about them because it is cleaned up without issue.

      Did anyone ever confirm if the lab in Wuhan China was the originator of COVID? I remember that was a rumor but never heard if there was anything to it.

      1. felixg3 · · focus · HN ↗
        Pretty much confirmed by western intelligence including the German BND
        1. gruez · · focus · HN ↗
          Source?
          1. theoreticalmal · · focus · HN ↗
            Copy and paste this into Google: Wuhan lab leak fbi
            1. tzs · · focus · HN ↗
              The results show they said this was low confidence, and the results will also turn up that other US government agencies came to the opposite conclusion, also with low confidence.
              1. 1718627440 · · focus · HN ↗
                Now that&#x27;s interesting, I get the exact opposite experience. From <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.startpage.com&#x2F;do&#x2F;dsearch?q=Wuhan+lab+leak+fbi&amp;cat=web&amp;language=english" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.startpage.com&#x2F;do&#x2F;dsearch?q=Wuhan+lab+leak+fbi&amp;ca...

                    FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak most likely - BBC
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    COVID-19 lab leak theory - Wikipedia
    China scoffs at FBI claim that Wuhan lab leak likely caused COVID ...
    C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid&#x27;s Origins
    US intelligence agency releases declassified Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 ...
    CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak - BBC
    FBI believes Covid originated from Chinese lab leak, says agency ...
    The &#x27;lab-leak origin&#x27; of Covid-19. Fact or fiction? - The Conversation
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