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brush

(61,033 posts) Fri May 28, 2021, 06:32 PM May 2021

Poll: Covid-19 came from a lab leak in Wuhan or from bats like Mers and Sars did? [View all]

trumpers and other republicans are pushing the lab leak, which is possible, over the more probably precedent to prove trump was right in spreading anti-Asian slurs.

What's your take on it.

18 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Bats or other animal?
	6 (33%)
	Wuhan lab?
	9 (50%)
	Dr. Fauci?
	0 (0%)
	Democrats?
	0 (0%)
	Other?
	3 (17%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Poll: Covid-19 came from a lab leak in Wuhan or from bats like Mers and Sars did? [View all] brush May 2021 OP

Robb is a Dingbat jpak May 2021 #1

+1 Lisa0825 May 2021 #3

The only sane choice ornotna May 2021 #34

Trump allowed covid to spread. Killing hundreds of thousands. boston bean May 2021 #2

I don't know where it came from, but I think it should be thoroughly investigated. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #4

Origin doesn't matter in regards to Trump exboyfil May 2021 #5

How about Europe breaking a million deaths? WarGamer May 2021 #10

It came from bats either way. LisaL May 2021 #6

They were doing gain of function research on bat viruses womanofthehills May 2021 #8

+1000 nt WarGamer May 2021 #11

18 top US Scientists wrote a letter to Sciencemag that lab leak needs to be looked into womanofthehills May 2021 #7

As of today, it's a flip of a coin. WarGamer May 2021 #9

Why is this poll on DU? DURHAM D May 2021 #12

Gain of function research on bat viruses. Ever heard of that? brush May 2021 #13

There is actually nothing that can be learned from DUers DURHAM D May 2021 #14

So you knew of gain of function research on bat viruses? brush May 2021 #16

from Trump gopiscrap May 2021 #15

I should've added that to the poll. brush May 2021 #17

No clue. nt RegularJam May 2021 #18

I believe the dna study showed Meowmee May 2021 #19

The WHO study came up with nothing womanofthehills May 2021 #23

I was not referring to the WHO study Meowmee May 2021 #25

Maybe Trump DID DO THIS! I was just looking up "gain of function" and viruses - OhZone May 2021 #20

Actually, the Chinese were reporting that the virus came from our Ft Dietrich lab womanofthehills May 2021 #24

oh that's interesting! OhZone May 2021 #28

I worry that the truth could validate anti-Asian discrimination Generic Brad May 2021 #21

Trump blaiming the Chinese was a cover up that EcoHealth Alliance was funding the research womanofthehills May 2021 #27

gtk OhZone May 2021 #29

2019 Military World Games Klaralven May 2021 #22

I still think the wild animal farms and pangolins are the most likely vector. Mosby May 2021 #26

Yeesh greenjar_01 May 2021 #30

It escaped from DJT's bowel movements. LiberalFighter May 2021 #31

I have believed the animal/bat theory up until now mvd May 2021 #32

We will never really know. roamer65 May 2021 #33

This is not really poll material. We rely on facts. vanlassie May 2021 #35

Why do there have to be only 1 or 2 possibilities? Rstrstx May 2021 #36