Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but feared debate could hurt

Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by ricardobayes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:08AM (#29904429)

Even though I usually like to stay away from political topics on here, but it pains me that a country I (used to) love so much, UK, is spiraling deeper and deeper into a void. So much so I have to believe its leadership no longer acts in favour of the country. For reasons unknown to me, however it is long known Brexit was a wanted scenario for Russian geopolitics, as laid out in their textbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by native_samples on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:20AM (#29904899)

One guy writing a book in 1997 that argues France and Germany should be strongly united in a Union, does not imply anything about the decision of British voters in 2016. You're peddling a literal conspiracy theory there.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by ricardobayes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:43AM (#29905057)

Well, if said book is the de facto textbook for their foreign policy students, then yes I would say at least the intent was there to influence things the way they occurred. How much did that effectively take place, now that's a conspiracy theory.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by MomoXenosaga on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:28AM (#29905427)

Stop blaming the Russians, they can only exploit the rot if it's already there. It reminds me of Germans blaming everything on the Nazis after WW2 conveniently forgetting they voted for them and cheered them on.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by tim333 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:56AM (#29905715)

I still blame them for exploiting the rot. I wish they could behave like a normal country instead of trying to destabilize most of the world.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by ricardobayes on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:44AM (#29909144)

I do believe all superpowers are doing that, US has a long history too to back certain leaders/powers etc.

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Re:Scientists believed Covid leaked from Wuhan lab, but fear... by aix1 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:59AM (#29904754)

Thanks for pointing out the book. Terrifying.

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