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The virus of irrational hatred

The virus of irrational hatred

The Covid lab-leak theory has jumped from unsayable to most plausible. Why?

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Melanie Phillips
Jun 08, 2021
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Wuhan Institute of Virology 

The sudden consensus that the most likely origin of the pandemic was a manufactured virus that accidentally leaked from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology really is a wonder to behold.

This was always an eminently plausible explanation, if not the most likely one. It has never been contested that SARS-CoV-2, or novel coronovi…

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