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Sympthsical

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13. I. Don't. Care.

Reply to AZProgressive (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 05:30 PM

Jun 2022

I care about evidence. Facts. What the truth is.

You may throw in guilt by association and see if it sticks, but that isn't in any way productive in rooting out what is true.

That should be our primary occupation in these things. Not, "How does this affect arguments on Twitter?"

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NBC: WHO recommending more investigation into the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab [View all] Yorkie Mom Jun 2022 OP

This is the only logical explanation. former9thward Jun 2022 #1

I agree. Yorkie Mom Jun 2022 #3

I've been willing to accept that it SUDDENLY and naturally evolved to jump species, but all it takes Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #6

It is very useful. former9thward Jun 2022 #7

I do agree that sloppy labs anywhere would be dangerous to the general global population. Backseat Driver Jun 2022 #11

FFS dweller Jun 2022 #2

The media really shit the bed with this Sympthsical Jun 2022 #4

Same! Yorkie Mom Jun 2022 #5

I also had threads hidden for this womanofthehills Jun 2022 #8

I don't like the fact that threads were hidden... AntiFascist Jun 2022 #17

Some that have believed in the China lab leak theory AZProgressive Jun 2022 #12

I. Don't. Care. Sympthsical Jun 2022 #13

I was just saying those that I have seen push the China lab leak theory AZProgressive Jun 2022 #14

It definitely matters where it came from - we need to tighten up labs womanofthehills Jun 2022 #16

Facts aren't scapegoats Sympthsical Jun 2022 #19

Very possible. roamer65 Jun 2022 #9

The problem is that there are so many bio labs around the world womanofthehills Jun 2022 #15

Very true. roamer65 Jun 2022 #18

And it's clearly not just a lab accident involving a normal/untampered with virus. ecstatic Jun 2022 #10