Re:Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab
by roenxi on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @03:53AM
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1) It doesn't matter whether or not this virus is a lab escape. Much more important is to note that it could have been a lab escape and our modern transport networks and logistic networks leave us very vulnerable to viruses in multiple concerning ways.
If borders stay open to tourists and business as they were pre-COVID, this will happen again in our lifetimes whatever the source was.
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> Researchers in China have been unable to find any news reports of this new Sars-like coronavirus and the three deaths. There appears to have been a media blackout.
Why on earth would China do this? Surely it is easier to get people to help control a new virus if they know about it.
If borders stay open to tourists and business as they were pre-COVID, this will happen again in our lifetimes whatever the source was.
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> Researchers in China have been unable to find any news reports of this new Sars-like coronavirus and the three deaths. There appears to have been a media blackout.
Why on earth would China do this? Surely it is easier to get people to help control a new virus if they know about it.