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As with other attempts at sparking discussions on the origin [1], I'm not a virologist, just a bystander whose curiosity was piqued by the proximity of the sole
by throwGuardian 7y ago
As with other attempts at sparking discussions on the origin [1], I'm not a virologist, just a bystander whose curiosity was piqued by the proximity of the sole lab in all of China that's equipped to handle/research extremely infectious viruses and that of the outbreak.
My observations (all facts)
1. Proximity of outbreak to sole advanced virology lab in all of China, suspicious
2. Publications ( https://jvi.asm.org/content/82/4/1899 https://jvi.asm.org/content/82/4/1899 )from lab suggest they were dealing with CoVid-19 like viruses for a while.
3. State of China would strongly deny/cover-up the lab to be the cause of outbreak, even if that did happen. I'm not suggesting they engineered the virus, just suggesting that they were researching animals with the virus, and a freak case of violating safety protocol let to the virus leaking to the nearby seafood market. Again - attributing this to clumsiness, not malice
Given the above, I think an investigative journalist would find the circumstances fertile enough for a deep investigation. Given how hard it is to identify patient zero of the outbreak, I think journalists need to go down this path of investigation
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22424013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22424013
- beepboopbeep 7y agoGiven the above, I think you're grasping at straws.
- theseadroid 7y agoThere are US based researches on it already, and the evidence so far is it's not engineered. Your observations don't include all relevant facts, hence the conclusion can still be wrong. Like scientists in 18th century had all kind of weird ideas based on the facts they observed about the world. In today's world, for most of us, especially non experts on the fields, what really matters is all the facts out there that we don't know (or chose to ignore). http://virological.org/t/the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/398 http://virological.org/t/the-proximal-origin-of-sars-cov-2/3...