Vanity Fair:Breaking: A new Senate report concludes that SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—likely resulted from “a research-related incident.” The report includes evidence of alarming biosecurity issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
That's what I've said from Day F--king One. Some young lab tech was late for a date and skipped some part of his decontamination. They'd been expecting this to happen for literal decades.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/covid-origins-investigation-wuhan-lab
@MidnightRider - Right, it could have happened anywhere at any time. Problem was that it wasn't "woke" to blame it on the obvious, being as how that idiot Trump said it and hyped the racism of it. We were doomed from the start when Trump made it about identity politics.
@esaeger To say it could have been handled more professionally is a bold understatement. There was more expected from me in the corporate world than I see expected of our elected officials.
@MidnightRider - Lol no argument there.
@esaeger Yeah, I totally would believe that. So maddening. So many people dead & disabled with long covid because of a fucking mistake.
@Sunshine1970 - They knew it would happen and they really, really believed people would fall for the bat soup theory. I mean, wow.
@esaeger Virologists, such as Dr. Angela Rasmussen and CNRS researcher Flo Débarre have had a say about this report and it's conclusion. Both are worth a read. (You can find them on twitter.)
@Daryl_Knee - I hear you and respect your opinion. On this matter I have to echo Eli Klein, who tweeted to Anderson "You and Angela Rasmussen are too politicized and have been wrong on too many Covid issues to be seen as credible sources on this important matter."
Not doing a douchey gotcha there or whatever, just saying. NYT also had some thoughts on it:
https://t.co/0trJ0kfc9c
@esaeger It's what many on the right including Don were saying too.