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We may never know for 100% certain if it truly was a lab leak, but what we can be certain of is the denialism and withholding of information in the crucial firs
by h0l0cube 5y ago
We may never know for 100% certain if it truly was a lab leak, but what we can be certain of is the denialism and withholding of information in the crucial first 2 months of the emergence of the virus. In at least this, China is culpable for devastating millions of lives and disrupting the global economy, all for the Chinese government to save face.
Edit: Removed claim about Chinese new year
- platinumrad 5y agoChinese New Year celebrations were cancelled and travel restrictions were imposed in January of 2020.
- h0l0cube 5y agoFrom what I've read they were cancelled, but the motivation from the government to keep transit operation in the lead up to Chinese New Year might have been to allow citizens to get home. This would be to avoid backlash from citizens who couldn't be with their family for, what is for many, their one holiday a year. Which seems reasonable. I believe by CNY the gene sequence and other data had been leaked by a rogue scientist in China to the rest of the world, and the cover was blown.
- dbuder 5y agoBut they called Australia racist for imposing travel restrictions in February?