Have they found an animal with a strain related to the human variant? Isn’t that the main evidence they expect to be able to find to help prove it actually had a path from animal to human?

[+] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world -23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If so, I haven't seen it. As far as I can tell, investigating the narrative is off limits. You can see how every person who has responded to my questioning has attacked me on a personal level.

[+] NightAuthor@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't know if those attacking you are right or wrong in the narrative they believe, but they're definitely jumping to conclusions about people who choose to believe in the possibility of a lab leak and subsequent coverup. It seems they think all of us to be conspiracy theory nutjobs with alt-right ideologies.

Personally, I started believing the lab leak stuff may be legit when I watch johnny harris's video. I figured Johnny Harris was giving a decent take on the whole situation. He had numerous reasons for coming to the conclusions he did, and it all seems decently reasonable.

But recently it's come to my attention that maybe Harris isn't the most reliable source. While I can't recall the details atm, I have read and watched stuff about Harris that does call into question his biases. At the same time, I don’t believe anyone has said anything against his factual accuracy. But the slant of a presentation and possibly excluded information can do quite a bit for undermining a narrative if you really want to do that. So, its hard to say if you should believe his story about the lab leak.

But, It’s not like I’m gonna do anything useful with my opinion on the topic…. So I’m not going to waste time seriously investing in researching the topic.

Edit: Reworded, and added context that I completely left out the first time around.