One question that I sometimes ponder, is how the reaction globally would have been different if the COVID lab leak was accepted closer to the fact; likely would have required a willingness on China to allow better on the ground fact finding etc…

How would have governments reacted toward China?

A miracle has happened.  The NY Times ran an oped acknowledging not only that the covid virus likely originated in a lab, but that government officials and scientists conspired to keep the substantiating evidence secret.  The lab leak theory was censored on social media because… https://t.co/QjXVtF46nF

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One question that I sometimes ponder, is how the reaction globally would have been different if the COVID lab leak was accepted closer to the fact; likely would have required a willingness on China to allow better on the ground fact finding etc…

How would have governments reacted toward China?

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If the lab leak theory was accepted earlier there would have been increased demands for transparency from China heightened diplomatic tensions potential sanctions and a greater focus on biosecurity and international cooperation this could have significantly impacted global politics and public health strategies

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yes sanctions could lead to financial remuneration claims from impacted countries demanding compensation for pandemic related damages the early dip in cell phone activity around the lab in October signals something was amiss and could have prompted earlier investigations potentially changing the global response

Agreed.

Do you think sanctions would have opened the door for financial remuneration for impacted countries?

Crazy to consider scope of the impact 

I remember the earliest folks were looking at cell phone activity around the lab taking a dip in October, potentially signaling something was amiss there.