Quote Originally Posted by Newish Pie View Post
No, it's not widely accepted among reputable scientists that the virus came from a lab. That's absolutely not the scientific consensus.
I think anyone who doesn't consider it a serious possibility is burying their heads in the sand.

Even the Guardian has backpedalled from calling it 'Donald Trump's racist conspiracy theory' to talking about it as a very realistic hypothesis.

I don't have time to look for it now but if anyone can post a link to Sam Harris's podcast from a few months ago on the topic, it makes a very compelling case.

In case anyone wants to head that off by saying the sources are not credible, Sam Harris is a pro-vaccine ultra rationalist and one of his guests is an acclaimed science writer and ex member of the House of Lords who sat on scientific select committees.