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16. It should be noted that in mid-2019 the GOP recalled our scientists embedded in China's CDC

Wed Mar 22, 2023, 02:03 AM

Mar 2023

We had scientists working alongside China's scientists in their version of the CDC, put there for the explicit purpose of early warning & planet-wide management, should a pandemic happen. One of those international cooperative efforts the GOP & Trump shut down as soon as they had the chance.

One has to wonder how the last few years might have been different.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3N5

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Wuhan Market Samples Contained Covid and Animal Mixtures, Report Says [View all] jgo Mar 2023 OP

Well that should settle that then underpants Mar 2023 #1

Not really Zeitghost Mar 2023 #38

No shocker to me. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #2

My experiences eating out, or in, in China were very different from yours, I guess. HUAJIAO Mar 2023 #8

And Sichuan if you like tingly peppercorns IronLionZion Mar 2023 #10

LOL right !!! HUAJIAO Mar 2023 #27

Love a good hot pot or some spicy noodles IronLionZion Mar 2023 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author IronLionZion Mar 2023 #30

More from the article: Tomconroy Mar 2023 #3

Thank you! I wish the poster would note that. C Moon Mar 2023 #13

fyi - the opening poster can only post 4 paragraphs jgo Mar 2023 #28

What's interesting is this potentially locates the spread from both the wet market AND the lab. Bucky Mar 2023 #4

If you are referring to the swabs collected in mid-Jan mentioned in the lede, then fussing about RockRaven Mar 2023 #7

yes. this testing was done after stopdiggin Mar 2023 #11

what's the connection of why it is named as it is and you bolding "19" ?? i don't get it. nt orleans Mar 2023 #19

Because it was named Coronavirus Disease 2019 due to starting in 2019, shortened to Covid19 wishstar Mar 2023 #22

thanks. nt orleans Mar 2023 #34

BuT tHe FbI aNd DePaRtMeNt Of EnErGy SaId It WaS a LaB lEaK!!!!!1!!! RockRaven Mar 2023 #5

FBI is only wrong when they arrest Trump supporters IronLionZion Mar 2023 #33

Ok, so the theory about bats was wrong? eggplant Mar 2023 #6

That was SARS Mosby Mar 2023 #9

I saw that movie too. canuckledragger Mar 2023 #15

the early story (or earliest) was that it came from a orleans Mar 2023 #20

That is what was suspected and posted quite a bit about on DU too BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #23

Christian Anderson is promoting this womanofthehills Mar 2023 #12

I'm really not surprised Warpy Mar 2023 #14

Jungle DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #17

It was on our "recommended" reading list, which I always found more interesting Warpy Mar 2023 #35

The stuff you mentioned DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #40

The public weren't too worried about the workers or animals after The Jungle IronLionZion Mar 2023 #42

It should be noted that in mid-2019 the GOP recalled our scientists embedded in China's CDC NullTuples Mar 2023 #16

How possible is it that animals experimented on in the lab were taken to market after they were NBachers Mar 2023 #18

Anything is possible. No one has found an actual infected Tomconroy Mar 2023 #21

your just going to walk out of a bio lab with a monkey on your shoulder? Blues Heron Mar 2023 #25

The lab's official line is that it goes the other way IronLionZion Mar 2023 #26

That is highly unlikely Warpy Mar 2023 #36

+10000000000 roamer65 Mar 2023 #45

One thing I know about COVID. I am still living. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #24

I got it last month and it was super mild for me IronLionZion Mar 2023 #32

Raccoon dogs look like fine animals in the fox family IronLionZion Mar 2023 #31

That's because they are very closely related to foxes Warpy Mar 2023 #37

We probably shouldn't eat them IronLionZion Mar 2023 #39

The wisecrack northern Chinese make about people in the south Warpy Mar 2023 #41

China is a difficult place for vegetarians IronLionZion Mar 2023 #43

I prefer the exotic veg, myself, they can have my share of civet cat Warpy Mar 2023 #44