Did anyone else happen to catch Watter's World last night(Saturday Jan. 8,2022)? I know! FFN, I was channel surfing and it popped up.
Any way, Watters had an epidemiologist on who says he has "proof" that Omicron came from a lab in South Africa, and the proof is in the DNA sequencing. Sadly I forgot to make note of the scientists name and have so far been unable to find the video posted anywhere. Any sauce would be greatly appreciated.
What lent credence to Omicron as a lab leak was Botwana's immediate identification and substantial South African research on Omicron's impact on immuno-compromised communities.
Botswana had detected an infection in four (4) vaccinated tourists from Europe. They checked all the persons they had contacted in Botswana and none tested positive. In other words, they brought the omicron variant to Botswana from where they came. I understand South African doctors were involved in the diagnosis.
This whole idea that omicron originated in Africa is a hoax. The travel ban was a dagger at the heart of their economies, because it would have soured the tourist season. Africans have been skeptical of the whole sales pitch about COVID-19. I also understand that South Africa had announced they were not going to purchase any more doses of vaccine just a day or so before the discovery of the omicron cases.