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That doesn't answer the question about what the West is supposed to do to China should the lab-leak hypothesis be true.
by x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
That doesn't answer the question about what the West is supposed to do to China should the lab-leak hypothesis be true.
- wk_end 5y agoWell, politically speaking, sanctions would certainly be possible - if not for the virus they (hypothetically) created, then for what would in retrospect look like (in this hypothetical) a clear attempt at a cover-up. That said: it doesn’t even need to go that far - whether the response should be punitive, it doesn’t need to be. The scientific communities in China and the west are collaborative and could negotiate agreements not to do GoF research. US groups were funneling money into China to do GoF research on coronaviruses, which could be stopped.
- stale2002 5y ago> what the West is supposed to do to China should the lab-leak hypothesis be true. The west, or society, should use this as evidence of basically not trusting information from the government of china, if it is contradicted by more neutral or western sources, in the future. So, for example, if someone is talking to you personally, and they try to use evidence from that government, and you have other evidence from western sources that contradicts it, you should just laugh in their face. Call them a mean name and ridicule them.