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I expect, nothing. reads article Yup, nothing. > The result would be uncomfortable not just for the Chinese Communist Party Outside of the ethnic cleansing th
by Supermancho 5y ago
I expect, nothing. reads article Yup, nothing.
> The result would be uncomfortable not just for the Chinese Communist Party
Outside of the ethnic cleansing that's already going on? Pfft.
> It would shake science to its foundations for carrying out risky research despite clear warnings of the dangers, and then collaborating in an epic whitewash.
The grand statement in the face of history rings hollow.
> it would challenge a media that meekly accepted the establishment view
The "media" is as corrupt as the politicians (since access is traded as part of information dealing), but you still have some marginal sources that never give up on various theories. Unsurprising that what's considered crackpot and credible shifts under our feet. Facts are hard to come by, when they are withheld.
- toss1 5y agoYup. Beyond that, even. While it might cause some trivial reputational discomfort for the CCP who is already engaged in ethnic cleansing, but they'd also realize (if they haven't already) that they have a direct path to winning a bio-war without even losing credibility, because their authoritarian control gives them a huge advantage. They showed that they can implement a hard lock-down to reduce R0 to <1, whilst the western democracies tie themselves up in knots over masks, lockdowns, and 'muh freedums'. A new version that had R0 of maybe 4 (vs 2.7 for SARS-COV-2) and mortality in the 15% range (vs 2-6%), introduced into animal populations... One can hope that they aren't that unethical, but the fate of many tens of millions under the rule of that party says otherwise...