Well, have you guys read the whole conspiracy theory that the virus actually originated here in the States, probably at USAMRIID at Ft. Detrick? The story goes that it was an engineered virus and either accidentally or deliberately was transported to Wuhan with the US team for the military world games in that area and was unleashed on the world at the seafood market in Wuhan. There's a study by a virologist from Taiwan that supposedly studied the virus and found 5 separate haplotypes (variants) of it and the only country where he found all 5 haplotypes was the US which would point to the US being the origin.

Like I said, it's a very deep conspiracy theory with just enough factual information to make it possible and slightly plausible, but it's interesting at least.

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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:12 am to phil4bama

Conspiracy elements aside, it is factual that in January, the chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was arrested by the FBI for lying about a lucrative contract he signed with China's Wuhan University of Technology.

NPR: Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China

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In an affidavit unsealed Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Robert Plumb said Lieber, who led a Harvard research group focusing on nanoscience, had established a research lab at the Wuhan university — apparently unbeknownst to Harvard.

"Lieber was also awarded more than $1.5 million by WUT and the Chinese government to establish a research lab and conduct research at WUT."

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