06-14-2023, 07:27 PM
(06-14-2023, 06:50 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: This is good info, but I would add that a lab leak makes far more sense, logically, then a wet market species transfer. If I can one up you on conspiracy, I wouldn't be at all shocked if Covid was a test balloon sent up by China to see how we'd react to a pandemic. If true then the next one will be far more deadly. I think the CCP is the most inhumane and depraved government to ever govern a world power. And yes, I include Nazi Germany in that regard, as they only had twelve years to indoctrinate their population. There are numerous stories of Soviets being the "voice of reason" that prevented a nuclear war. I have little doubt that a CCP counterpart in those scenarios would have pushed the button with a smile on their face. Note that this is not a judgment or assessment of the people of China, but their government. I think people are people, regardless of their nation of origin. The CCP though, is monstrous IMO.
While I too consider the CCP to be monstrous and would not put biological warfare past them, I feel like the incompetence angle is much more likely. Don't get me wrong, the conspiracy theorist side of me definitely sees the narrative of the CCP unleashing this as a form of population control on their own people (their aging population has a potential to cause a lot of issues for their economy) All that being said, I think the accidental leak is a more likely scenario.
(06-14-2023, 06:50 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Which begs the question, why? How invested was Fauci in that narrative? The whole thing reeks like an abattoir.
That's what I don't get, to be honest. The original story looked bad for Trump because his reduction of staff in China and throwing out the pandemic response plan that was handed to him by the Obama administration really contributed to the problem. So you would think the media would have ate that shit up with a spoon and he would've pushed against the lab leak idea. Instead, we had the media pushing the story from the administration, which was Fauci et al, and Trump going against his own administration.
The pandemic really was a weird situation.
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