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Sympthsical

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40. Only 25% of Americans think it was transmission from animals

Wed Jun 16, 2021, 06:26 PM

Jun 2021

Our side is in the minority in trying to suppress the idea, calling it conspiracy, and dredging up articles over a year old to prove things that have already been disproven.

We're supposed to be about science and evidence. Our head in the sand on this one, because "Fuck Trump!" is a bad look.

Good for Stewart. Colbert was shook. He couldn't even muster a response. Just made lame partisan cracks.

Partisanship is going to be the death of us.

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Did I miss this discussion today?? Conservatives applaud Jon Stewart??? [View all] a kennedy Jun 2021 OP

Trump dropped the fucking Covid ball NO MATTER WHERE IT CAME FROM Skittles Jun 2021 #1

Indeed! n/t Pobeka Jun 2021 #3

Right catrose Jun 2021 #4

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2021 #38

YEP! Cha Jun 2021 #47

Thoughtful people do not know the origins of the spread. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #2

What the darkside doesn't understand is, dflprincess Jun 2021 #7

A Nobel Prize winner in Biology gave some credence to the lab leak theory Blue_true Jun 2021 #8

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

Good point. Blue_true Jun 2021 #20

David Baltimore nt intrepidity Jun 2021 #36

Yes. The Nobel Prize for ground breaking work in Biology. nt Blue_true Jun 2021 #46

So many virologists on Twitter talking about sequences I don't understand womanofthehills Jun 2021 #24

The sequence has been replicated naturally by the SARS Virus. Blue_true Jun 2021 #26

There are still many virologists out there saying part of the sequence womanofthehills Jun 2021 #27

We have not "learned" the truth about where the 1918 Pandemic started. Blue_true Jun 2021 #10

OMG but our scientists have reconstructed the 1918 virus- hope it doesn't escape the lab womanofthehills Jun 2021 #33

I hope that it stays in the lab also. Blue_true Jun 2021 #45

1918 also had its' fair share of anti-maskers and conspiracy theorists. Initech Jun 2021 #42

All you wrote, unfortunately is true. There was tremendous resistance to commonsense Blue_true Jun 2021 #43

Thoughtful top World & US scientists say WHO did not research lab leak womanofthehills Jun 2021 #18

It's a legitimate theory. RegularJam Jun 2021 #5

I absolutely agree it needs to be investigated Skittles Jun 2021 #6

Completely fucking ludicrous. RegularJam Jun 2021 #11

Blame China became his mantra after it was obvious that he totally screwed up the US response. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #15

No matter the answer as to where it came from. RegularJam Jun 2021 #19

just hearing an American PRESIDENT moan about the "CHINA VIRUS" Skittles Jun 2021 #31

I am leaning toward that the source will never be known. Blue_true Jun 2021 #16

Maybe China is fine trying to maintain it as a conspiracy theory. RegularJam Jun 2021 #21

I believe proving that it came from Nature best helps them. Blue_true Jun 2021 #23

I'm not sure how they wouldn't know for a fact if it came from the lab. RegularJam Jun 2021 #25

The claim being made on the right is that China was sequencing the virus Blue_true Jun 2021 #29

Other viruses that came from nature - source was identified early womanofthehills Jun 2021 #34

I may be wrong, but the source of SARS hasn't conclusively been proven. Blue_true Jun 2021 #48

Take into account our funding of the research thru EcoHealth Alliance womanofthehills Jun 2021 #28

I think this bolsters my thought. RegularJam Jun 2021 #30

Yes. It's a theory. rownesheck Jun 2021 #32

Of course they're jumping on it. "Liberal icon endorses Trump bullshit!" (or some variant) JHB Jun 2021 #12

The biggest lie that goes unchallenged Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #13

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

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Jun 2021 #39

Dear conservatives, the lab leak theory makes Trump look even worse, far worse. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #22

It's NOT JUST CONSERVATIVES intrepidity Jun 2021 #35

True. There were a lot of non-conservatives discussing it for awhile Sapient Donkey Jun 2021 #37

Only 25% of Americans think it was transmission from animals Sympthsical Jun 2021 #40

TOTALLY Agree, I'm glad he spoke out! 👍 nt Raine Jun 2021 #41

Seems like the propaganda is working. Mosby Jun 2021 #44

Jon Stewart was an ass last week LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #49