Thank God this bioweap- pandemic is not actually serious, because governments have been largely unprepared.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostYou weren't wrong to thank God.
1) I (and others on Tweb) have advanced arguments why it's not actually serious
2) That most governments were unprepared is obvious to anyone paying attention
3) Bioweapon is a reasonable hypothesis given that the two hardest hit countries are Iran and ChinaRemember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post3) Bioweapon is a reasonable hypothesis given that the two hardest hit countries are Iran and China
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostWhy conclude bioweapon when it just seems to be a coronavirus, of a family already known to exist in animals, that have in the past also shown to be infectious towards humans. I have no more reason to conclude that this is an instance of a bioweapon than the Spanish Flu was.
For 3), also because the Chinese reacted as if it was a bioweapon.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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Originally posted by demi-conservative View PostGood, you think 1) and 2) are plausible.
For 3), because the Chinese reacted as if it was a bioweapon.
As it stands it's a virus we've known variants of since the sixties, it exists in the animal population, the variants we've known of were already infectious to humans and now this particular variant has crossed over and has caused what amounts an epidemic that still has yet to breach 5% of the number of people killed by the flu season.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostYou're free to draw all the faulty conclusions you want.
As it stands it's a virus we've known variants of since the sixties, it exists in the animal population, the variants we've known of were already infectious to humans and now this particular variant has crossed over and has caused what amounts an epidemic that still has yet to breach 5% of the number of people killed by the flu season.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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