Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic
Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents, leaked recordings, and dozens of interviews that showed the freeze began far earlier than previously known — in the first weeks of the outbreak — and involved political and scientific infighting in China as much as international finger-pointing.
Crucial initial efforts were hindered by bureaucrats in Wuhan trying to avoid blame who misled the central government; the central government, which silenced Chinese scientists and subjected visiting U.N. officials to stage-managed tours; and the World Health Organization itself, which may have compromised early opportunities to gather critical information, according to internal materials obtained by AP.
It’s because it came out of a Chinese biological warfare lab, and they just don’t want to catch the blame for it. I get that the official story is that it came from a Chinese wet market, which I will admit is a possibility, until it’s also mentioned that it’s in the same city as a Biological warfare lab. Then that option is no longer an option.
It's not a biological warfare lab, it's a research lab and having a coronavirus research lab in the place where coronaviruses originate is the most obvious fucking thing in the world.
I imagine you must think all of the earthquake research labs in California cause earthquakes. And Japan's tsunami research labs cause tsunamis. And the Ebola research labs in Africa cause Ebola.
I can't tell if you're right because you are not telling me what I should think, what if I have a thought? Will it hurt? I prefer when the people on TV tell me who to be afraid of, what is this new type of thinking? It's scary. /s
Also it came out right around the time democracy protests were ramping up in China. I'm not one for conspiracy theories but these circumstances don't look good.
It came from the lab in Wuhan that was being funded by the US Government. There is absolutely zero question of that 2nd part either, it's in the official US Government finance records. That means both the U.S. and China want the origins kept under wraps.
Actually, it came from Betelgeuse aboard a Klactic-class star freighter. Deepak Chopra is in on it and should be tried and punished.
So are people downvoting this because it's incorrect or because they just don't like what's being said?
They're being downvoted because it's conspiracy nonsense. The lab in question was funded by the US because it was part of joint pandemic preparedness studies, and its location was near Wuhan because it was a likely place for an outbreak to occur. They studied the coronavirus because scientists have been warning us for a long time that a coronavirus strain crossing species and becoming a global pandemic is an inevitability.
Could COVID be from a lab leak? Sure, it's possible. But it would almost certainly have been accidental, not some grand conspiracy to kill millions and devastate the global economy they rely on. The more obvious culprit is the wet markets nearby where animals and their carcasses are handled by the public, providing ample opportunity for a mutated virus to infect an unlucky someone. China cracking down on an investigation is unsurprising if you know anything about their government. It's just China being China.
They downvoting everybody out here!
It's because my comment is too close to Republican talking points so they're knee jerking. I'm not a Republican and the evidence of what I'm saying regarding funding is absolutely available from official government sources. I posted a follow on comment with links directly to the us government grant system.
This is like asking the burglar to investigate his own crime in a way, isn't it?
I don't know what happened with the virus of course, but trusting what US intelligence agencies are saying, isn't that a bit gullible?