I hope this is only "Conspiracy Theory" crap - but............
*Associated Press
Initial [studies]('https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-genome-close-to-sars-originated-in-bats-2020-2?utm_source=yahoo.com&utm_medium=referral') linked the virus to various sources, including a seafood market in Wuhan, China, and bats. In one of the studies from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, six of the seven virus samples were from patients who worked at the Huanan wholesale seafood market.
"Of the original 40 cases, 14 of them had no contact with the seafood market, including patient zero," Cotton said. "I would note that Wuhan also has China's only bio-safety level four 'superlaboratory' that works with the world's most deadly pathogens to include, yes, coronavirus."
Cotton was referring to China's first Biosafety Level 4 lab, the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which investigates "the most dangerous pathogens," according to the US [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]('https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-0220_article').
While Cotton qualified his remarks by saying "we still don't know where" the virus originated, his comments come amid numerous [conspiracy theories]('https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/26/coronavirus-link-china-biowarfare-program-possible/') about the virus's origins — including one that says the virus "originated in lab linked to China's biowarfare program."*
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