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In Reply to: RE: The scientific community already did converge on agreement as to the probable source posted by Dave_K on June 04, 2021 at 08:26:26
Admittedly, the term forensic usually refers to a criminal investigation using scientific methods, but it's sometimes used to characterize a civil investigation such as in a civil suit. At this point, no hypothesis proposes the virus was release intentionally -- the lab release hypothesis is that the release was accidental.
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields
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If you assume it did accidentally get out of the lab, that doesn't speak to the origin. The subject matter experts in the scientific community have already reached a consensus opinion that the virus is of natural origin and was not genetically engineered. The remaining question is whether it was under study in the lab and accidentally got out, or passed from animal to human. That question is only important in terms of whether the safety protocols in the lab are sufficient to be doing these kinds of studies. People want to know what's the risk of something else getting out.
A separate theory is that the virus was engineered. That would be a much bigger deal because it means the Chinese are making bioweapons in violation of the Bioweapons Convention treaty. And worse yet, they're making bioweapons that they are unable to control. Fortunately, there is no support for this hypothesis in mainstream science.
But phrases such as "the importance of" and "the meaning of" conjure opinions rather than facts. I'm generally open to the opinions of thoughtful people. Be well :)
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields
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