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@BretWeinstein continues to peddle a conspiracy theory about the origins SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. This thread will address his conspiracy theory.

Thanks to @PeterDaszak, @FriendlyBoat, and @Potholer54T.

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First, some preliminary issues.

Weinstein stating his conspiracy theory:
https://twitter.com/BretWeinstein/status/1270054860453376000


Discussions on this:
https://twitter.com/PeterDaszak/status/1270076620364222464
https://twitter.com/PeterDaszak/status/1270059928338784256
https://twitter.com/FriendlyBoat/status/1274436516408889348
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1275828844302344196

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Sources:

https://healthfeedback.org/did-the-covid-19-virus-originate-from-a-lab-or-nature-examining-the-evidence-for-different-hypotheses-of-the-novel-coronavirus-origins/
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1230634136102064128.html
https://leelabvirus.host/covid19/origins-part3?fbclid=IwAR3W1WYE4MKDcr_Y62h01yi1S8Z5lAGopPEuAkqwtjGKiWzVbTNgdwRrvec
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/04/09/covid-19-time-is-now-to-prepare-for-next-coronavirus-outbreak.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9?fbclid=IwAR1Nj6E-XsU_N6IrFN1m9gCT-Q7app0iO2eUpN5x7OSi-l_q6c1LBx8-N24
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-21377/latest.pdf
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1738279