Bret Weinstein and Yuri Deigin: Did Covid-19 leak From a Lab?

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters shared it in 2020 and 2021 as an early, in-depth presentation of the lab-leak case, though it is a contested viewpoint.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Bret Weinstein

Topic

covid lab leak hypothesis

Format

podcast

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

10

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2021

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From the original HN conversations

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• [VIDEO] How does mainstream media keep their credibility? A considerable portion of the population is just ok with being lied too I guess. Shrug. At the very least we should be investigating all possibilities in regards to the origin of the virus. China has a …

• There's tons of propaganda trying to diminish the likelihood of a lab leak (purposeful or a mistake). Watch this though - [VIDEO] - and it's very clear that it likely originated from the Wuhan lab (they were studying those bats originating from 200 miles away …

• There is no proof that SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab, however it remains a plausible hypothesis. Yuri Deigin wrote a good argument for that possibility. [LINK] [VIDEO]