IkeTG wrote:Ayy Lemoh wrote:IkeTG wrote:why are conspiracy theorists so fucking dumb, a plague is about as cut and dry as it gets
A plague that originated in China, a place where the chances of them giving accurate information to the rest of the world isn't likely, before spreading throughout the world. A plague in the time period where we can actually contain, release, and do other shit with diseases (compared to the old times where I doubt anyone knew the word virology back then). A plague that popped up in this political climate where I am sure you know how toxic it is.
I'm sorry however all those factors suggest that it isn't as cut and dry as one would hope. Even if you disagree, it's obvious that there is more going on here than just "man, that flu sure is deadly."
edit: aka stuff like big boi politics or negative perceptions of authority figures or whatever
CCP suppressing information is ALSO as cut and dry as it gets, not only is this a story older than I am, it's something that everyone's already come to understand to some degree
Here's an article the Washington Post, about department cables being concerned about the safety of the Wuhan Lab.
https://outline.com/LEtLtm
Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – funded by a $3.7 million grant from the US government.
Sequencing of the Covid-19 genome has traced it to bats found in Yunnan's caves.
https://outline.com/MDEDby
The wet markets in Wuhan do not sell bats.
There's no direct evidence it leaked from that lab, as Chinese state would have every incentive, and every ability to suppress or destroy said evidence. There is mounting circumstantial evidence, like "How did bats from 1000 miles away in Yunnan result in an outbreak in Wuhan?"
If it did though, would the WHO recognize it? Would CNN?
If the US sued China through the WTO for negligently releasing the virus, how do you think it would be covered by the Orange Man Bad media?