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No, this is circumstantial evidence from people who not only believe that this ebola outbreak came from a lab, but also that COVID-19 came from a lab, both of which are widely regarded as conspiracy theories.
I haven't read into it yet, and am not set either way. (If anything I'd think it wasn't true, knowing a little how the BSL4 labs run, and all the precautions in place). But I'm always down to look into credible sources. I'll give these a skim later.
They aren't conspiracy theories, at least, not according to the US Government and Biden's DoE:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-leak-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Circumstantial evidence, not conclusive either way, but clearly the Biden administration feels the evidence is weighted slightly more on the side you just called a conspiracy theory.
Which again, is all they allege for ebola, but unlike the co-author of that first paper I linked, I don't have a PhD in virology, so what do I know.
Someone else posted that link as well, see my response: https://midwest.social/comment/11853764.
Having a PhD doesn’t automatically make someone a reliable source, and the site it is published on isn’t exactly a respected journal.