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> The main problems that the Institute of Virology has is that the outbreak occurred in close proximity to that Institute.

The first outbreak occurred in Wuhan, but there's no proof that the first cases were in Wuhan. In fact there's genetic evidence indicating there may have been earlier cases 600 miles to the south [0], where the bats are.

[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-05-...



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