Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-11 14:32:25 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AD65D772612ADF38209E1A59DDCD9DED6294FA9CC61D9771CAFA476A00601104
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Original Note:
No evidence of a Wuhan Institute for Virology lab leak during Q3 2019. The only BSL4 Virology Institute that had any contamination risk was an explosion at the BEKTOP Sept 2019. www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/health/russia-lab-explosion-smallpox-intl-hnk/index.html First confirmed outbreak was "four cases... first week of October... got infected in September" www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-italy-timing/researchers-find-coronavirus-was-circulating-in-italy-earlier-than-thought-idUSKBN27W1J2/
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