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		Glyptodon on Jan 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain Covid's ... It only went the way it did because people were making "lab leak" synonymous with "genetically engineered."

morepedantic on Jan 26, 2025 [–]

I think you're confusing genetic engineering with the bioweapons research. The WIV did collect natural coronaviruses and genetically engineer them.

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