The Lablek Hypothesis Is a Lonek Hypothesis, and I Don't Agree With That.

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Welli, i've followed this a little but, i mean, i've not seen every video clip. I thinkt from what i've seen, these far right senators that are trying to suggest that fouche wanted to give american dollars to chinese scientists to deliberately weaponize corona vires, that's ridiculous. The other, i think the biggest mark against him at the moment is the the lablek hypothesis, and what end o stone walling. He yelled, those senators are no, i don't agree with that. That i think is unfair. But in most of America it seemed obvious that that fouche was just not acknowledging the plain meaning of gain of function

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