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In reply to the discussion: Did I miss this discussion today?? Conservatives applaud Jon Stewart??? [View all]OAITW r.2.0
(32,334 posts)2. Thoughtful people do not know the origins of the spread.
Could have been spread from wild animals that were caught and eaten. In China, anything that's alive is a potential meal. Or it could have been leaked out by a breakdown of protocol. What I doubt is any sane population/government would leak this out on purpose. Yeah, lets jumpstart a pandemic and kill lots of our citizens and let it eventually engulf the world. The Darkside chooses to believe the lab leak was on purpose.
We may learn the truth eventually, but in the absence of facts, the rush to validate your predisposed opinions is always the 1st option for these people. Stewart is open to a lab leak....that does not mean that it was leaked on purpose or that his opinion is correct..
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Did I miss this discussion today?? Conservatives applaud Jon Stewart??? [View all]
a kennedy
Jun 2021
OP
When science doesn't know, I am smart enough to know that it is too soon for me to
OAITW r.2.0
Jun 2021
#9
So many virologists on Twitter talking about sequences I don't understand
womanofthehills
Jun 2021
#24
OMG but our scientists have reconstructed the 1918 virus- hope it doesn't escape the lab
womanofthehills
Jun 2021
#33
All you wrote, unfortunately is true. There was tremendous resistance to commonsense
Blue_true
Jun 2021
#43
Blame China became his mantra after it was obvious that he totally screwed up the US response.
OAITW r.2.0
Jun 2021
#15
Of course they're jumping on it. "Liberal icon endorses Trump bullshit!" (or some variant)
JHB
Jun 2021
#12
We have to be prepared to handle these things whether from lab, bats, enemies, etc.
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#14
Not only was Trump not ready, he had crippled our ability to get early warning
Blue_true
Jun 2021
#17