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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

^ no offense to Jon, but he should stick to politics, and even then he's not a full-on expert.

"Scientists are going to kill us all."


Okay, thanks Jon, remember that when you get your next colonoscopy and they catch an precancerous polyp that would kill you.

Honestly, the one thing that has pissed me off the most during this whole pandemic is non-scientific people thinking that they understand science well enough to explain things to people. Stay out of it.

Are you a scientist?

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

This entire thread could be resolved with a prodigious use of Occam's Razor.

I don't want to entirely rule OUT a lab leak, but the far more likely explanation is an emergent virus through natural evolution and animal crossover. It happens frequently throughout history. Also, evolution is far more powerful than the average person understands, and often creates unique features that allow for survival (even though viruses aren't alive, they do use the same mechanisms for survival that living things do).

I guess it's less sexy to believe in a natural origin coming from animals. It's also less actionable, meaning there's nothing practical we can do to prevent it, nor is there anyone to blame for this.

Nature can sometimes be quite chaotic, and this is just another example of it. Unfortunately, humans have decided long ago that we can control every aspect of nature, but the reality is that we can only manage so much with our technologies and knowledge. Nature will still create chaos for us sometimes. It's just the way things are, and sometimes, there's nobody to blame for the bad things that happen in our lives, but humans are bad at rationalizing that. "Someone must be blamed!" *sigh*