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That might be great from a public health standpoint, but I'm not so sure from an overall global perspective. Proof of a lab leak and subsequent coverup would b
by slg 5y ago
That might be great from a public health standpoint, but I'm not so sure from an overall global perspective. Proof of a lab leak and subsequent coverup would be a hugely destabilizing political event that could have severe consequences as there would be people pushing for some type of retribution for the millions of deaths. At the very least that would lead to further political division and racial animosity in places like the US. At the worst, it is the first domino on the way to WWIII.
EDIT: Just to get in front of the responses that are already popping up, this isn't an endorsement of a coverup. It is just recognition that if a coverup did occur and was revealed that wouldn't be "great news".
- aabhay 5y agoUnfortunately that outcome is happening already, from just the hearsay
- encryptluks2 5y agoWell the heresay comes from people like Donald Trump and the longer the Democrats ignore the theory the more credibility they lose and give to him, even if the way he said it was inflammatory. Seems like it would be far less destructive to bring it out into the open now than to just let people think that someone calling it the Kung Flu was more transparent than the political party that pretended like the lab leak is just a racist conspiracy theory.
- cudgy 5y agoThe Democrats (and the many “gullible” reporters like the one that wrote the referenced link) are simply waiting this out in hopes the average reader forgets that Trump and others including a few brave scientists pointed towards the obvious possibility of a lab leak early in the pandemic.
- whipaway 5y agoThey've played an interesting game where they called Trump illegitimate from the beginning of his presidency, entertained the idea of flipping electors, entertained conspiracy theories about him being a Russian agent, and now he's the evil one for trying to "subvert democracy". Likewise with the pandemic, essentially any observation was weaponized against him. My favorite is the ventilator crisis which has been essentially lost to history now. He was cast as a murderer, only for us to find out that ventilators were leading to more deaths.
- encryptluks2 5y agoAnd were subsequently labeled racist and likely lost their jobs.
- benrbray 5y agoWhat would you say in response to someone who believes that widespread belief of a coverup would do more to sow distrust and division than a transparent admission of the truth?
- katbyte 5y agoThe truth is the truth and we shouldn’t cover it up because of the harsh realities it may bring.