WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by rcurry on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:20PM (#28174682)

Well, we do block them on Facebook and Twitter.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by aesh2Xa1 on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:53PM (#28175036)

What are you talking about (serious)? Dissent is legal and will not result in imprisonment in the US.

I don't even subscribe to Facebook or Twitter by choice. I definitely wouldn't subscribe to imprisonment by choice, haha. If you're concerned about these platforms controlling their content privately, don't use them.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by curation on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:52AM (#28178051)

Assange?

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by quantum_magpie on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:08PM (#28175236)

Well, the US seems hellbent on shipping one journalist who broke no law in US to their torture chambers. Until that's sorted out you just can't claim moral superiority.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by rcurry on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:36PM (#28175618)

Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by diragon on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:50AM (#28178643)

This is of course a joke, come on you guys. Nobody seriously compares jailing people to blocking them on social media.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by rcurry on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:03PM (#28192960)

It’s the thought that counts, the social media platforms that ban you would gladly put you in a gulag if they could.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by vkou on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:09PM (#28175956)

We just fire them, when they complain about hospital administrators sending them into COVID wards without PPE.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by shakezula on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:38PM (#28174208)

Sure, and I'd like to think we don't run scientific tests on black people without their knowledge or consent, but that doesn't line up either.

If you think the U.S. is above unlawfully detaining a doctor, then I've got sad news for you.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by iammisc on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:42PM (#28174265)

Great argument... if the US did this, I'm sure no one would demand an investigation... /s

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by trasz on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:56PM (#28174406)

US did this many times. The investigations ended up like they usually do in US, starting from My Lai - in the best case they’ll find a single scapegoat and that’s it.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by iammisc on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:19PM (#28174674)

I'm not claiming the us didnt do this. I'm disputing that people would stay silent when the us does this.

The us does do this and has large and growing domestic opposition movements.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by trasz on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:38PM (#28174875)

People don’t stay silent, but the way the US works, it simply doesn’t matter.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by iammisc on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:41PM (#28174912)

If we had 100% incontrivertible evidence COVID came from a CHinese lab, I can 100% guarantee you nothing would happen to china.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by trasz on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:36AM (#28178574)

If we had 100% evidence it came from an US lab, nothing would happen either. Your point being?

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by iammisc on Sunday August 15, 2021 @10:19AM (#28188935)

That doesn't mean knowing isn't worthwhile? Like knowing about FISA courts did nothing to the feds but its worth knowing about

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by trasz on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:54PM (#28174386)

You mean Li Wenliang, the doctor who was eventually decorated - by Chinese government - for speaking up? He was never put to jail. That’s another case of anti-Chinese propaganda for you.

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Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first... by aesh2Xa1 on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:59PM (#28175109)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Wenliang

Born 12 October 1985 Beizhen, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China

Died 7 February 2020 (aged 34) Wuhan, Hubei, China

Cause of death COVID-19

Yes, all of that suspicious propaganda about the Chinese government's treatment of dissidents. The decoration came after his death at 34 years old.

> He died from the disease on 7 February 2020, at age 34.[8][9] A subsequent Chinese official inquiry exonerated him, and the Communist Party of China formally offered a "solemn apology" to his family and revoked the admonishment of him.

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