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ooli  ·  1130 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Mysterious Case of the COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory

    Gruinard Island, Sverdlovsk, Vozrozdeniya Island, Reston, fuckin' Rajneesh

Those are military leak during cold war! They were trying to make Weapons, not searching for cure. I suppose the Geneva convention is against that. No wonder they tried to cover up.

There are ton of virus lab around the world, I never heard of any leak, or even abnormal death rate around them.

I mean, There is one lab in the center of Paris, the Pasteur Institute, I drink my coffee in a bar right in front of it, should I be worried!





b_b  ·  1130 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No part of me thinks that covid is a bioweapon, but it should be noted that the Wuhan institute of virology is known to have a military operation. It's been my assumption that one of the reasons China wouldn't allow an investigation of the lab is that they won't allow anyone to discover whatever else it is they're up to.

Devac  ·  1129 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To round it up with you earlier response: so do I, and I'm also not fond of internet fights etc., but I recognize your expertise and skepticism outweigh mine. Am I doing my reading? Yes. Do I have doubts or questions? Of course, though rarely worth voicing. However, if my sole contribution to this discussion was one fewer person saying 'appeal to authority fallacy' and us having this rigmarole again, I'm glad.

kleinbl00  ·  1130 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Cold war" just means "we aren't actively shooting at each other." If you think America's current relations with China don't rhyme with America's past relations with Russia you aren't paying attention.

Also

    Speaking as an armchair expert on biological warfare,

...you lack the knowledge to make this comparison. But by all means, keep being mad and sarcastic.