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Reddit commenter on probabilistic arguments in the COVID-19 origins debate
I think you might have missed the part of the debate where they talk about this, because it actually is a really big coincidence. There are literally about 1600 more locations in Wuhan that are more crowded than the market, and even if you just look at large markets and shopping centers, there are dozens that are closer to the lab than Huanan. The number that Peter gave is that there was about 1 in 10,000 chance for the virus to emerge in the Huanan market if it was a lab leak.
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