The Wildlife Trade Is Going to Continue

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Mark Marin: China has been so angry about anyone who suggested that a lab leak might be possible, that they are left having to argue that it most definitely came from an animal in a market. He says the country needs to get on top of its problem with wildlife trade after 20 years of warnings since SARS. Mark also talks wrestling with wrestlers from AEW and how he thought he'd be dead by 26.

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