Re: OT: A lot better than a Covid death shot!

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 17:48:04 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 07/03/2024 15:15, GB wrote:

On 07/03/2024 15:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 07/03/2024 15:05, Bill Sloman wrote:

There's not a shred of evidence that Covid-19 was any kind of laboratory-developed virus, and virus labs are actually pretty good at keeping dangerous viruses safely locked up. It's a stupid idea, but Cursitor Doom and Jan Panteltje like it.

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Actually its pretty much the main stream  consensus that the virus was cooked up in a lab, and escaped.
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 Is that the consensus amongst people who really know what they are talking about?
 

As far as I know, yes.
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https://oversight.house.gov/release/covid-origins-hearing-wrap-up-facts-science-evidence-point-to-a-wuhan-lab-leak%EF%BF%BC/
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is a fairly good overview. The problem is that accusing China of being uber sloppy was not politically *convenient*. So the default position initially was a 'we just dont know'
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Apparently now, we know a lot more...

If they'd made it known that millions of people had died as a result
of a release of a Chinese bio-weapon, there would have been an
immediate clamor for a massive military response. Saying 'we don't
know' gives the West a bit of valuable breathing space to decide how
to deal with this emerging threat without triggering WW3.  But I do
hope China will get it's come-uppance one fine day. They so fucking
deserve it.