Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-11-30 22:13:50 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 61853475F7824A3EB4978E30289F16363FDF0508B780C48B14F94F41B4249D6E
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Original Note:
No evidence to suggest SARS-CoV-2 was made in a lab. Substantial evidence suggests COVID-19 originated via a similar pathway to SARS involving a spillover from bats to intermediate hosts in wildlife farms/markets. SARS-CoV-2 furniture cleavage site was not engineered. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10096-020-03899-4#Sec2 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
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