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I Found The Source of the Coronavirus

A 2020 video by laowhy86 arguing that the coronavirus did not originate outside China, pointing to evidence about the Wuhan institute and a possible patient zero. It cites sources in the description.

Why HN readers recommended it

Frequently posted in early COVID origin and lab-leak threads as a compelling early case, though other commenters cite rebuttals and note it is speculative.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
laowhy86
Topic
covid-19 origins
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
6
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • I wish more people would watch this [0], might not be true but damn does it seem convincing. Seems pretty obvious that it was lab originated, even if it isn't manufactured. [0] [VIDEO]

    june11 on Hacker News · 2020-12
    In Israeli startup claims Covid-19 likely originated in a lab, willing to bet on it
  • Exactly. I am not into conspiracies, but I highly recommend this video from early 2020 which details how one of the Chinese researchers at WIV, Huang Yan Ling disappeared in late 2019 and how subsequently her internet presence was memory holed [1] by Chinese censors …

    phyalow on Hacker News · 2021-05
    In The case for a leak of a virus engineered in a Wuhan lab
  • The most credible evidence has been gathered and presented in a youtube video [VIDEO] . The youtuber was a long time china immigrant before being forced to move abroad.

    light_cone on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In China clamping down on coronavirus research, deleted pages suggest

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