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Sympthsical

(11,235 posts)
8. This is some misplaced prioritization
Sun Feb 26, 2023, 10:09 AM
Feb 2023

The problem with the censorious regime regarding it is that so many people readily signed on for it.

When higher ups in the biomedical field got together with people in government who got together with the media and tech corporations to snuff out even the discussion of it, that should seriously bother people. Not claim affirmatively for certain, but just discussing it and presenting various piece of evidence for their arguments.

Not allowed. And power colluded to do that (and a fair bit of money, too).

All power had to do to get people to go along with censorship is say, "Only bad people want to talk about this. You're not a bad person, are you?"

And it worked. It fucking worked. It completely blows my mind that that's how easy it was to do. Make it tribal and then tell people, "Are you good or one of those bad ones?"

What's the next thing it'll work on?

I have no idea if Lab Leak theory is true. I think there's a lot of smoke going on there, and we deserved a thorough investigation immediately to understand if there was fire. Millions of people have died. Don't we want to definitively know? Maybe so we can keep it from happening again in case it was from a lab? And shutting down investigation and discussion has basically rendered it so we may never really know at this point.

But people moved to stamp out the discussion right away and average citizens helped them, because they were told to.

It's chilling.

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At one time the US had 44 CDC workers in China, some in Wuhan. TFG reduced that to 0 in 2119. panader0 Feb 2023 #1
Energy Dept. LOL! Has the Coast Guard weighed in yet? Blues Heron Feb 2023 #2
Yeah! Why would the Dept of Energy investigate the origin of a medical outbreak? Generic Brad Feb 2023 #5
This was my question... Bettie Feb 2023 #6
They were warned in 2017 by US Diplomatics womanofthehills Feb 2023 #14
OK, thanks for the answer Bettie Feb 2023 #22
Because it has an office that is part of the United States Intelligence Community. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #7
DoE has some heavy-duty intelligence responsibilities Ocelot II Feb 2023 #9
Came here to say that. DoE has the mythical "above top secret" clearances. sir pball Feb 2023 #57
Maybe because their researcher's tackle the world's toughest problems womanofthehills Feb 2023 #20
DOE's responsibilities include national security. Hortensis Feb 2023 #33
The DoE oversees our national laboratories Sympthsical Feb 2023 #12
The Energy Department, which oversees many U.S. laboratories, gldstwmn Feb 2023 #34
We should deplatform the DoE and the FBI for spreading misinformation Sympthsical Feb 2023 #3
Boy, I'll be reading this in the right-wing rag in my city soon. dem4decades Feb 2023 #4
This is some misplaced prioritization Sympthsical Feb 2023 #8
Another problem was the US funding Eco Health Alliance womanofthehills Feb 2023 #17
That also got censored to hell and back Sympthsical Feb 2023 #18
For a person who has no idea dpibel Feb 2023 #23
Science is weird like that Sympthsical Feb 2023 #25
"Just asking questions!" dpibel Feb 2023 #27
The onus is on you is to prove the sin Sympthsical Feb 2023 #32
Sources, y'know dpibel Feb 2023 #38
Jeffrey Sacks was commissioned by the Lancet to look into the origins of the virus womanofthehills Feb 2023 #44
Another link from Wall Street Journal womanofthehills Feb 2023 #45
You're proving my point Sympthsical Feb 2023 #53
In point of fact, you're the one who made it tribal dpibel Feb 2023 #54
Very well said. Should be a no-brainer, but y'know Covid. nt Brenda Feb 2023 #58
Just out of curiosity dpibel Feb 2023 #39
Thank you Zeitghost Feb 2023 #26
You are making light of a really serious world problem womanofthehills Feb 2023 #16
"The Energy Department made its judgment with "low confidence," according to people who have read hlthe2b Feb 2023 #10
What people? Sometimes we have to close our own bio labs for violations womanofthehills Feb 2023 #21
This finding is being incorrectly reported. The headlines don't match the facts. Nevilledog Feb 2023 #41
Exactly and frankly their "evidence" is NOT biological. Low evidence is not at all worthy of the hlthe2b Feb 2023 #43
They have never found a connection to any animal at the market womanofthehills Feb 2023 #48
And they've never found that any lab had possessed a progenitor of SARS-CoV-2. Nevilledog Feb 2023 #52
Just saw this too Nevilledog Feb 2023 #42
I agree with Hotez... hlthe2b Feb 2023 #46
Hortez told us the vaccines could end the pandemic womanofthehills Feb 2023 #49
It wouldn't surprise me. Hear me out ecstatic Feb 2023 #11
I think you might be misunderstanding the report. yardwork Feb 2023 #28
What keeps being glossed over in this debate Tom Rinaldo Feb 2023 #13
Yes, exactly. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #15
Smallpox lab accident womanofthehills Feb 2023 #55
List of laboratory biosecurity incidents - Wiki womanofthehills Feb 2023 #19
Who leaked this classified report? Buckeyeblue Feb 2023 #24
The Energy Department's new conclusions are found in an updated gldstwmn Feb 2023 #36
Where is the evidence it was a lab leak... Meowmee Feb 2023 #29
I thought this was all settled...? spanone Feb 2023 #30
A lot of it was settled. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #35
What does the CDC say? And what is the Dept of Energy's expertise on this matter? n/t pnwmom Feb 2023 #31
great - i can hear it now Fullduplexxx Feb 2023 #37
Wonder how many people were banned from social media... WarGamer Feb 2023 #40
A whole hell of a lot. Brenda Feb 2023 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author dpibel Feb 2023 #50
from 19 months ago: Senior Biden officials finding that Covid lab leak theory as credible as natural Celerity Feb 2023 #59
I've always thought it was a lab leak. I've read a lot of books and literature about viruses prior liberal_mama Feb 2023 #51
Agree - look at this info about our own lab in Fort Detrich womanofthehills Feb 2023 #56
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