Also see the HN thread Israeli startup claims Covid-19 likely originated in a lab, willing to bet on it [1].
Novelist Nicholson Barker has written a beautifully worded article but it lacks critical thinking.
Lab gain-of-function experiments begin with one or more known isolates that have been sequenced. One of these sequences will match large swathes of non-functional RNA in SARS-CoV-2 if the lab is the source. This is the evidence I personally need to consider the lab hypothesis plausible. Until then, the natural spillover hypothesis fits based on Occam’s razor.
Novelist Nicholson Barker has written a beautifully worded article but it lacks critical thinking.
Lab gain-of-function experiments begin with one or more known isolates that have been sequenced. One of these sequences will match large swathes of non-functional RNA in SARS-CoV-2 if the lab is the source. This is the evidence I personally need to consider the lab hypothesis plausible. Until then, the natural spillover hypothesis fits based on Occam’s razor.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25585833