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…Smell, tell, tall, call, ball…

YouGov should present its findings to show there is no conclusive evidence. Who are your experts btw?

If the "Lab Theory" is true, I'd like to know what happened leading to the millions of deaths around the world. There's 2 main avenues I can see:

1. Accidental - Gap in Lab protocols caused a leak of the covid-19 virus as they were studying. This is the most likely (or would like to believe) scenario if you support the Lab theory.

2. Intentional - Bad actors deliberately leaked the virus knowing the damage it could potentially cause. This has very dangerous implications.

Either way, it's in our very human nature to ask why and discover why something happened the way it happened in attempts to prevent or intervene in the future.

Because if it was indeed a lab leak, the world could try to implement policies that stop something like this happening again before it starts. If it was from nature, there’s not much humans can do aside from having pandemic response policies.

I think it makes a difference if it was created in a lab because: Either proper safety protocols weren't followed, or, they weren't in place at all, or worse, someone intentionally released the virus. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever know for sure and I don't know what to believe.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/covid-origins-hearing-wrap-up-facts-science-evidence-point-to-a-wuhan-lab-leak%EF%BF%BC/

The committee on oversight and accountability sure does.

I find it more than a little concerning in terms of free speech and public truth that saying it came from a lab leak was enough to get one banned from social media and censored for disinformation back in 2020, and now these organizations are sheepishly admitting it's true.

The map is slightly misleading. At first glance, you would assume blue states have a majority (over 50%) supporting gay marriage, red states have a majority opposed. However, the lightest shade of blue is 40-49% support.

While I personally support gay marriage, I think this actually hurts the cause. It appears to under-report the opposition to gay marriage and how much work still remains.

The Netherlands recently banned these flat-faced monstrosities.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/23/designer-pets-that-suffer-miserable-health-problems-could-soon-be-banned-in-the-netherland

Breeding pets to look a certain way while ignoring animal welfare is criminal. I have had dogs my whole life, some with typical health problems for their breed. My healthiest dogs were crossbred, and they lived the longest as well. Humans (and breeders) are the cause of most dog health problems.

Considering 21% of US adults also believe in Santa Claus, I wouldn't take our opinions for much lol

How about "not having most of your assets in crypto"? You know, maybe having something that isn't just digital tulips?

Just out of sheer morbid curiosity, what sort of difference does it make at this point?

Source: YouGov

Tool: Google Charts

Bound to get a bunch of downvotes, but here we go:

>There are a few reasons why more Americans may be believing that COVID-19 originated from a lab in China. One of the main reasons is the increasing amount of information and speculation about the origins of the virus that has been circulating in the media and online.
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>In the early days of the pandemic, the prevailing theory was that the virus originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China, where live animals were sold for consumption. However, as more information has come to light, some experts and media outlets have suggested that the virus may have actually originated from a laboratory in Wuhan that was studying coronaviruses.
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>Additionally, there have been reports of suspicious activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, including the possible release of the virus from the lab. This has fueled speculation and conspiracy theories about the lab being the true source of the pandemic.
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>Furthermore, the pandemic has been heavily politicized in the United States, with tensions between the US and China already high before the outbreak of the virus. This political climate may have also influenced people's beliefs about the origins of the virus.
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>However, there is still no conclusive evidence to support the theory that the virus originated from a lab in China, and many experts continue to believe that the wet market theory is the most likely explanation.

Its a very small margin , give it a decade and it will be blue too

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Damn, Arkansas really is a fucking shithole

First child labor and now this

The tech industry is arrogant, thinks like they can do things differently, and are immune to complete failure. Obviously not.

Lots lol! I publish all the code on my LinkedIn and Github so it is available to reuse and learn from.

Each occurrence. I’m sure that, for example, the word “shell” appears more than once in Wikipedia, but it only appears once in the list of words in the English vocabulary.

Or Islamic pilgrimages

Nice one! I need to try the tools you used. Were there any pain points in the creation process?

Thanks. Your work inspired me to create this in Power BI so thank you.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7039232737118978050/

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Hi Kompootor, I have early access to the development version of the site before it's published! So I have access to the data before it is released. I suspect they will make it publicly available within the next month.

Wow, fantastic visualization!