Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

vanlassie

(6,214 posts)

35. This is not really poll material. We rely on facts.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 11:36 PM

May 2021

Opinions on science are what the Republicans encourage their dumb followers to embrace. Asking what our take is is asking our opinion, and we know the facts are not in yet.... right?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

36 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Poll: Covid-19 came from a lab leak in Wuhan or from bats like Mers and Sars did? [View all] brush May 2021 OP

Robb is a Dingbat jpak May 2021 #1

+1 Lisa0825 May 2021 #3

The only sane choice ornotna May 2021 #34

Trump allowed covid to spread. Killing hundreds of thousands. boston bean May 2021 #2

I don't know where it came from, but I think it should be thoroughly investigated. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #4

Origin doesn't matter in regards to Trump exboyfil May 2021 #5

How about Europe breaking a million deaths? WarGamer May 2021 #10

It came from bats either way. LisaL May 2021 #6

They were doing gain of function research on bat viruses womanofthehills May 2021 #8

+1000 nt WarGamer May 2021 #11

18 top US Scientists wrote a letter to Sciencemag that lab leak needs to be looked into womanofthehills May 2021 #7

As of today, it's a flip of a coin. WarGamer May 2021 #9

Why is this poll on DU? DURHAM D May 2021 #12

Gain of function research on bat viruses. Ever heard of that? brush May 2021 #13

There is actually nothing that can be learned from DUers DURHAM D May 2021 #14

So you knew of gain of function research on bat viruses? brush May 2021 #16

from Trump gopiscrap May 2021 #15

I should've added that to the poll. brush May 2021 #17

No clue. nt RegularJam May 2021 #18

I believe the dna study showed Meowmee May 2021 #19

The WHO study came up with nothing womanofthehills May 2021 #23

I was not referring to the WHO study Meowmee May 2021 #25

Maybe Trump DID DO THIS! I was just looking up "gain of function" and viruses - OhZone May 2021 #20

Actually, the Chinese were reporting that the virus came from our Ft Dietrich lab womanofthehills May 2021 #24

oh that's interesting! OhZone May 2021 #28

I worry that the truth could validate anti-Asian discrimination Generic Brad May 2021 #21

Trump blaiming the Chinese was a cover up that EcoHealth Alliance was funding the research womanofthehills May 2021 #27

gtk OhZone May 2021 #29

2019 Military World Games Klaralven May 2021 #22

I still think the wild animal farms and pangolins are the most likely vector. Mosby May 2021 #26

Yeesh greenjar_01 May 2021 #30

It escaped from DJT's bowel movements. LiberalFighter May 2021 #31

I have believed the animal/bat theory up until now mvd May 2021 #32

We will never really know. roamer65 May 2021 #33

This is not really poll material. We rely on facts. vanlassie May 2021 #35

Why do there have to be only 1 or 2 possibilities? Rstrstx May 2021 #36