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2020-05-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-21 08:22|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The fact that no natural source of COVID-19 has been identified, that scientific evidence exists suggesting bioengineering and the clear ability to do so, all demand an expanded investigation as to its origin.

I don't expect 'investigative' answers anytime soon.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-21 08:53|| 2020-05-21 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 So why the AIDS component?

Posted by gorb 2020-05-21 11:00|| 2020-05-21 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 If you hear hoof beats, think horses - not zebras.
I suppose a virus can jump from bats to pangolins to ... to humans. But in the neighborhood of China major virology & molecular biology research institute?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-21 11:14|| 2020-05-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 There never was a farmer's market in the parking lot at Ft. Detrick, was there?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-21 11:31|| 2020-05-21 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 a farmer's market in the parking lot at Ft. Detrick

Sure, but how many viruses jump from zucchini to honey to humans?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-21 14:35|| 2020-05-21 14:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Occam's razor. It was first detected in Wuhan, so thats the place to look. There is a zoological virus lab there, so thats a reasonable place to start.

Given that its probably not lucrative working for Xinnie the Pooh, I bet some exotic bats found their way to the local "special" market on the side by the lower hired help. Do that often enough and eventually the virus will hit the lottery with a mutation that lets it jump, and the right host to spread it.

Doesn't need to be engineered - mother nature is pretty damned clever, especially around stupid humans who tempt fate.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-21 23:07|| 2020-05-21 23:07|| Front Page Top

#7 @ #4 - Never happen. AAFES would want its cut.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-21 23:27|| 2020-05-21 23:27|| Front Page Top

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