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Their behaviour is not that weird for an authoritarian regime and easily explainable without this theory imo. (As you say as well.) What would be an example of
by yreg 4y ago
Their behaviour is not that weird for an authoritarian regime and easily explainable without this theory imo. (As you say as well.)
What would be an example of a piece of knowledge which they could have about the virus and which would warrant (in our eyes if we knew) 0 covid policy forever? Maybe I lack the imagination.
Edit: Please don't downvote replies to this comment with fabricated not-real scenarios. That's exactly what I asked for!
- Filligree 4y ago“99% lethality at five years” is something you could conceivably engineer. I find this extremely unlikely, but that’s the sort of thinking being pointed at.
- ohyes 4y agoHow would one engineer that? I would expect there to be some signs that it would be lethal in the future… a continued decline rather than full recovery. I haven’t had it yet, I suppose I should prepare to be practically the last person alive. This seems far-fetched
- Filligree 4y agoIt is, indeed, extremely far-fetched.
- codealot 4y agoIf that was what it is going to do, wouldn’t we know that by now? Hasn’t it been the most funded r&d ever for multiple years now due to the entire planet combining its strength to understand the virus?
- Filligree 4y agoYes, probably.
- smallnix 4y agoMakes people distrust authority. That is where all the covid deniers and hoaxers come from. Created to further divide the US. Never intended to run rampant in China. Zero covid is a last ditch effort to prevent the otherwise unpreventable protests, revolts and finally the downfall of the cccp ;)
- baandam 4y agoI agree, this is over extrapolating. There was no opportunity for them to not get to this point really unless COVID had gone away at this stage. It strikes me this is a face saving exercise at this point but they can also use it to stress test supply chains, stress test a general emergency situation, stress test their surveillance. Not much downside for an authoritarian regime. To assume they have hidden knowledge on long term dangers doesn't fit the observations IMO. Really, my guess is that the whole thing from the start is a facing saving exercise because of an accident in a culture obsessed with saving face.