Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-06-03 17:43:12 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D1ABC97F5A39D0CCEF834570E6A19D5933AF4BFFA87F0D37CE75D33B5A23E084
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Original Note:
No, COVID was not likely caused by a lab accident. Substantial evidence suggests COVID-19 originated via a similar pathway to SARS involving a spillover from bats to intermediate hosts in wildlife farms or markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00991-0 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8337 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2211107119 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202000325 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.202100194 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2202871119 https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1797567949173149786
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