“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance

Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by pvarangot on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:28PM (#30880012)

I don't have anything in particular against insane people, most of my family has anger issues, I didn't have a happy childhood, I have friends with degenerative conditions, etc, etc ,etc... Rand Paul sound insane to me because I have a great deal of experience with both down to earth and psychotic people, grounded and dissociative people, all in real life. Based on that experience, Paul's performance in the committee looks more like what an intoxicated autistic individual edging a psychotic breakdown looks like _in real life_ and not on TV or the media, than what a down to earth honest legislator trying to investigate a mass pandemic looks like.

I understand he uses that character to push water down to his mill. That doesn't excuse his behavior on my regard and most of all it doesn't excuse his complete inaction doing actual research into where the virus came from instead of digging dirt on Fauci.

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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by tdfx on Saturday April 02, 2022 @03:19AM (#30886439)

> Paul's performance in the committee looks more like what an intoxicated autistic individual edging a psychotic breakdown looks like

I thought so, too. His presentation was overly theatrical. But on the other hand, he has been vindicated on most of the points he made against Fauci. Any reasonable person would consider what they were doing gain-of-function research. I don't think Fauci has any maniacal plans or backroom pharma deals going on, he's just a corrupt bureaucrat trying to cover his ass for a series of incompetent decisions.

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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by MisterMower on Saturday April 02, 2022 @03:10PM (#30890845)

A guy can be drunk and autistic while at the same time being 100% correct.

Just because you’re an expert in crazy people and you see them everywhere doesn’t mean this particular one is wrong.

And honestly, if you were a senator and had inside information that convinced you the pandemic was deliberate and funded by the US government, I would hope you’d act a little unhinged, too.

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Re:“This shouldn’t happen”: Inside the virus-hunting nonprof... by luxuryballs on Friday April 01, 2022 @05:11PM (#30883350)

He sounds totally normal to me, honest and serious, but very much normal. Maybe we’ve become so accustomed to bullshit and sugarcoating that we’ve unwittingly reframed seriousness and rigor into seeming ludicrous?

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