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2023-12-19 22:38:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5DAD3F2DADF034C530A390A5A8291C8593292735C27060AD3A0E70EDED15BD61
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Original Note:
No, this is not proof COVID came from a lab. None of the coronaviruses that we know the WIV possessed could have been used as a backbone to make SARS-CoV-2. The grant proposal was rejected, the funding was denied, and so the experiment was never conducted https://quillette.com/2023/08/19/the-lab-leak-illusion/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/lab-leak-gain-function-media-myths-swirling-around-wuhan-institute/278555/
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