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Originally Posted by Firebot
There's a very good reason why the US is pursuing the lab theory right now. The Biden administration has received enough intelligence to demand answers on the origin of the pandemic.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/worl...eory-1.4579879
The only reason why the world didn't push the lab theory earlier is because it got politicized right away and giving any credibility to the Trump administration could have impacted election chances.
Why on earth would you believe that Biden would throw the Republicans and Trump a bone and suddenly side on the lab leak theory when he had zero reason to do so? There's a reason why he is, because there is enough intelligence pointing to it being a probable cause. Even Fauci has changed its tune on it, likely having seen the same evidence as Biden did and doing so from a medical SME perspective.
This has been 100% political from the start.
Again, the fact that Biden is leading the push for a full investigation in the lab and made a statement on it when he has zero to benefit from it politically should make you stop and rethink your stance.
Yes viruses mutate naturally all the time, but there's too much corroborating evidence surfaced recently pointing to a potential lab leak and China's refusal to allow a proper investigation. There's a reason why the US is looking into the possibility of this being a lab leak when a year ago it was shelved as a conspiracy nut theory. |
No, I'm not a virologists but I am a pharmacist with a special interest in infectious disease. I also was referring to actual Virologists, including the Vincent Racaniello (who literally wrote the book on Virology), Robert Garry (who worked on determining the genetic origins of this virus), and the virologists and scientists who actually went to China and investigated it. I wasn't quoting Irish Times article about a political matter.
The Biden administration said it remains the least likely scenario, but he wanted a full investigation to determine the origins. Sorry, but it's a political entity who has incentive to look tough on China. There's no reason for a Biden administration asking for a more thorough investigation to be anything more than political posturing. As for Fauci, he hasn't changed his tune at all. He said recently he still believes it was likely a natural origin but you can't say for 100% certain, so he supports an investigation(
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.new...595882%3famp=1). I don't see a change in belief there.
I keep seeing "there's a mountain of evidence" it "too corroborating evidence". Like the 3 researchers who got respiratory symptoms in November 2019. A reasonable explanation could be that 3 out of hundreds of researchers may have gotten the flu as it was during a flu season. I don't see a mountain. A really good quote on this situation I heard was "when you mix politics with Science, you get politics)
I don't think there's anything wrong with investigating and it's definitely a possibility, but there's so much misinformation circulating most of the "evidence" so far is innuendo. I'm certainly amenable to changing my view, but I've yet to see anything that would change view that the process that has lead to every viral disease known to man didn't happen here.