If anything latest AP scoop [1] definitively refutes such theories as it shows internal memo as late as Jan 14 spoke of h2h as something "evidence suggests" is "possible"

[1] https://apnews.com/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9?utm_camp...

[2] https://twitter.com/lagginator/status/1250360193935802368?s=...

Is thediplomat.com a trustworthy source?

I'm 100% agaisnt Xi Jinping as a preconception, but I want to make sure I'm not being pandered to

It's an opinion, so what you're reading neither strives towards, nor claims to be, the whole truth. Opinions are only representative of their authors _opinion_, not the publications.

If you're wondering if you're being pandered to, consider if this paragraph from the article seems obvious to you. If it does, you are:

> We often ascribe a basic level of humanity to even the cruelest leaders, but People’s Republic of China leader Xi Jinping’s actions have forced us to rethink this assumption

I clicked on the author's profile:

"Ben Lowsen is a specialist in Chinese political and security affairs working as a China advisor for the U.S. Air Force’s Checkmate office. "

> Did Xi Jinping Deliberately Sicken the World?

No, that would hurt their income.

Now that happened accidentaly, stop buying from China, make stuff in your own countries.

It's an interesting article and describes the organizational issues in announcing a new flu in China.

I'm curious. If "hundreds of cases were reported across China", why would it be hard to infer it was contagious? I'm sure people knew that in early Dec.

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines applies...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...