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D&D Coronavirus thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Feb 23, 2020.

  1. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Statistically it's really unlikely it came from a lab, but it's possible.

    It's also very likely still zoonotic in origin even if it did leaked from a lab.
     
  2. AroundTheWorld

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    it came from the Wuhan lab

    Wuhan flu
     
  3. tinman

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    Wuhan is in China
    So it can’t be a Spanish Flu
     
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  4. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    I think this is a great article that isn't biased by politics or agenda and paints a better picture of the evidence at hand

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/politics/covid-origin-lab-leak-china.html

    There's no hard evidence yet on the origin of the virus. Intelligence organizations are split, and even in their conclusions - either way - it's not with high confidence. You can't responsibly say yet if it came from a lab or not.
     
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    I don’t know, wishing for someone to burn in Hell strikes me as … demonic?
     
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    Sounds like you’re the kind of person who goes through life with maybes? Maybe not? Lol
     
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    Uncertainty as a default position is a very good thing.
     
  9. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Sorry if you don't like science
     
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    The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic - The Atlantic

    For three years now, the debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has ping-ponged between two big ideas: that SARS-CoV-2 spilled into human populations directly from a wild-animal source, and that the pathogen leaked from a lab. Through a swirl of data obfuscation by Chinese authorities and politicalization within the United States, and rampant speculation from all corners of the world, many scientists have stood by the notion that this outbreak—like most others—had purely natural roots. But that hypothesis has been missing a key piece of proof: genetic evidence from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, showing that the virus had infected creatures for sale there.

    Now, an international team of virologists, genomicists, and evolutionary biologists may have finally found crucial data to help fill that knowledge gap. A new analysis of genetic sequences collected from the market shows that raccoon dogs being illegally sold at the venue could have been carrying and possibly shedding the virus at the end of 2019. It’s some of the strongest support yet, experts told me, that the pandemic began when SARS-CoV-2 hopped from animals into humans, rather than in an accident among scientists experimenting with viruses.

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  11. Xopher

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    You probably believe the Spanish Flu started in Spain.
     
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    Science can make young children feel inadequate ... which we as parents can not stand for ... in the name of CRT we must demand that our innocent, inadequate children not be exposed to the evils of Science.
     
  13. tinman

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    Non contributing members have that cheapskate sucked virus
     
  14. tinman

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    Non contributing members have that cheapskate sucked virus
    @Xerobull
    Lol non contributing member
    You are reading a bad Disney script
    [​IMG]
     
  15. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    To them not knowing is a weakness. Doesn't matter if they have to guess, it's more important to have a position, and stick with it. That's what being manly is to them. They don't want to risk losing face by not having the answer to everything in 2 seconds. Of course the consequences of being a fool matters little to them.
     
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