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Poimen said:
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Chinese virologist posts report claiming COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab

A Chinese virologist who has alleged that COVID-19 was human-made in a lab in China released a report on Monday that she says backs up her explosive claim. Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a former researcher at t…
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Thanks for posting. Yeah, I saw that. She says they are after her now. I wouldn’t be surprised if she turns up missing at some point. She's claiming it was developed in the lab and released intentionally. I don't know about the intent, but I feel pretty good about my position that it was modified in a lab setting and then got out somehow.

I don't know what the win would be for one country to release something like this intentionally, as it would affect their own people and set off severe issues within their own borders. Now, if they were working in concert with other nations for some greater purpose, I could see that. But still, I give that a low probability, until/unless something else comes out.
 
Rain Cold said:
Thanks for posting. Yeah, I saw that. She says they are after her now. I wouldn’t be surprised if she turns up missing at some point. She's claiming it was developed in the lab and released intentionally. I don't know about the intent, but I feel pretty good about my position that it was modified in a lab setting and then got out somehow.

I don't know what the win would be for one country to release something like this intentionally, as it would affect their own people and set off severe issues within their own borders. Now, if they were working in concert with other nations for some greater purpose, I could see that. But still, I give that a low probability, until/unless something else comes out.
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Highly doubtful, considering the first novel Coronavirus was most certainly bat-born and moved into the human population through the local meat markets. China is an authoritarian government, but even conspiracies this large wouldn't stand a chance from exposure sooner.. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-lab-manmade-myth-debunked-2020-6
 
SETNwx said:
Highly doubtful, considering the first novel Coronavirus was most certainly bat-born and moved into the human population through the local meat markets. China is an authoritarian government, but even conspiracies this large wouldn't stand a chance from exposure sooner.. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-lab-manmade-myth-debunked-2020-6
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I think this particular version came from the lab. I'm quite certain that there are scientists on both sides of that. Heck, I even remember early on when scientists were saying don't bother with masks because they don't help. What I do know for sure is that we tend to want to believe that people in charge of our well-being are looking out for our well-being. They're not.
 
Rain Cold said:
I think this particular version came from the lab. I'm quite certain that there are scientists on both sides of that. Heck, I even remember early on when scientists were saying don't bother with masks because they don't help. What I do know for sure is that we tend to want to believe that people in charge of our well-being are looking out for our well-being. They're not.
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Just think if scientists could find a cure for a cancer would they really tell us? Cancer makes a lot of people millions and millions of dollars a year. I would think they would be then again people are greedy. I don’t trust anyone these days.
 
Lickwx said:
The French love to smoke cigarettes, even young French people! I see it all the time at NCSU since there’s a French school on centennial . I’m sure that has impacted them with COVID
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That they do. Outside street eating in Paris can be miserable because of that.
 
Poimen said:
Maybe it’s just me, but I had a hard time following that story. But I think I get the gist of it.
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I left more confused. I mean if they were closed and restricted then of course there would be less cases. 80 or not I’m sure they saved lives esp with old people going to sit down establishments just to sit and cough vs actually eating..
 
Poimen said:
Maybe it’s just me, but I had a hard time following that story. But I think I get the gist of it.
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In other words bars didn’t spread Covid as much as predicted and they didn’t want to show the real numbers so they decided to hide the facts and keep them private. Bars shouldn’t have been closed is the bottom line.
 
France reports 154 new deaths but 76 of them were backlogged so the actual new deaths are 47.
 
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In other words bars didn’t spread Covid as much as predicted and they didn’t want to show the real numbers so they decided to hide the facts and keep them private. Bars shouldn’t have been closed is the bottom line.
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Story has been retracted and Doocey on Fox news offered an apology. It was a fake news story.
 
Rain Cold said:
So, I'm supposed to go to the beach with my family next week. It turns out my sister's husband has Covid, but she has tested negative 3 times over the last 4 days. He just left their house to stay with his sister today. They have a baby who will continue to stay with my sister. The baby hasn't been tested.

If my sister continues to get negative tests and the baby doesn't get tested and they both go to the beach, should my wife, my special needs kid, and me go?
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Sooooo, as it turns out, my sister started feeling bad the day we would have all been at the beach. Anybody wanna guess what she had/has? It's a good thing we insisted she not go. But we're the bad guys. People are really selfish these days.
 
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