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So just ignore it? Wildfires occur naturally in a similar fashion. We still try to diagnose their causes and use that information to punish arson or otherwise

• Maursault 5y ago
  I'm not sure what you're referring to, re: ignore, but I don't think your analogy is remotely apt. I think you're saying a little fire is like a little virus, and a big fire like a pandemic. But anyone can light a fire, even animals cause wildfires, and thanks to lightning and fuel, fire doesn't need anyone to cause it. No one, I think, can "light" a little virus that could then spread like wildfire across the globe. Maybe a state actor, but not some individual and not accidentally. But this is mixing the two conspiracies, ordinary lab leak vs. engineered virus intentionally released. I just don't think China is up to it. I still return to the fact that lots of nasty things have escaped labs and the worst result was a very minor outbreak. Though genetics and microbiology has made incredible advances, it is all, all of it, on Nature's back. I think in a contest between Nature and any group of the smartest most knowledgable scientists with global resources to create the deadliest virus imaginable, Nature wins every single time, forever. And if COVID-19 was engineered for this, it sucks, it's an absurd and annoying failure. I think the reason why the source for COVID-19 can not be found is that it was fully consumed by one or more of the first 50 infected Wuhan residents that purchased it at the wet market and fully digested it before anyone had a hint of symptoms.