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Lack of clarity and consensus on the origins of the COVID-19 virus

People are confused and frustrated by the conflicting information regarding the origins of COVID-19, leading to downvoting and social backlash.

Who experiences it: General Public

Momentum

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Pain

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Competition

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Opportunity

39/100

Signals over time

2 observed signals across 1 sources, tracked for 0 days. Confidence: low.

What people are saying Observed

  • “No it's not "hearsay", you can download the logs and diaries and read them for yourself. They are verified documentation. I only bothered citing evidence relevant to your claim: > almost nobody who understands the science and how viruses spread gives more credence to the lab leak theory ... which isn't true. Some of the people who pointed out early on that there was a coverup were molecular biologists (e.g. Alina Chan), virologists themselves admitted right up front it probably came from the lab despite their massive incentive to not conclude that, and it is obvious to anyone regardless of background that a novel coronavirus appearing literally right next to the only lab in the world doing GoF research on coronaviruses is not likely to be a coincidence. The wet market was a distraction in the end caused by ascertainment bias. Most cases, once the data was fully collected, appeared along the length of a railway line with Wuhan Airport at one end and the WiV at the other. But I have weary experience of this debate on Hacker News. Before anyone goes further with you, please confirm you do not yourself get grant money to do scientific research, nor have you in th”

    Hacker News · frustration

  • “I get downvoted every time I say this but the evidence doesn’t even prove it started in wuhan, or even China. It could of easily been brought here by the military games that happened before that”

    Hacker News · frustration

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