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> So I generally give like zero weight to conspiracy theories It needn't have been a conspiracy; it's plausible that it was accidental, or even if intentional,
by jMyles 5y ago
> So I generally give like zero weight to conspiracy theories
It needn't have been a conspiracy; it's plausible that it was accidental, or even if intentional, the work of a single disgruntled individual.
- AndrewBissell 5y agoBut that at the very least implies a conspiracy to conceal the virus's origin, and possibly even crucial details about its transmissibility or treatments.
- bigyikes 5y agoWhile that is denotatively a conspiracy, most people think of conspiracies as something outlandish, not business as usual for the CCP. I think that’s what the parent comment was getting at, anyway.
- jMyles 5y agoNo, that's not what I was saying. Instead, I was saying that it might have been leaked by a single person, and everyone else might not know (well, in their hearts, they probably do) whether the virus escaped from a lab or came from the same place from which they took their sample (presumably the "nearby" bat caves).
- jMyles 5y agoWhy? If it was a lab escape, the most likely scenario is that the virus is from a bat sample. It's even possible that, if it's a lab leak, the person who leaked it doesn't even know that they leaked it, and is actively reassuringly themself with the wet market theory.
- ekianjo 5y ago> It needn't have been a conspiracy We have so used to calling "conspiracy theories" anything that deviates the official narrative, we don't even notice what it means anymore...
- caspper69 5y agoI know what it means. I'd assume most people here do too.