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by duckfang 1852 days ago
Of course it's political. The claim is "Chinese military virology lab was experimenting with highly infectious material, and it escaped into the general population."

And back in October 2020, this was published: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2... . Is this right, or wrong?

This whole pandemic could have been handled as "We are following the medical and scientific establishment on best handling of the pandemic", but that wasn't the case. Instead, we have US states that have 'declared' Covid done, or worse yet have states that forbid companies providing proof of vaccination. The simple requirement of wearing masks, was rarely enforced. Quite a lot of assaults happened because workers at stores said something.

The politicians could have moved out of the way for science. They didnt, and they doubled down. And that got more people killed.
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slibhb 1852 days ago
"Where did covid come from?" is not a poliitcal question. It's an empirical question.

Your decision to turn it into a political question is a dead-end that prevents you from thinking.

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duckfang 1852 days ago
Convenient that you ignore my link:

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ODNI News Release No. 11-20

April 30, 2020 Intelligence Community Statement on Origins of COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today issued the following Intelligence Community (IC) statement:

“The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to U.S. policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus, which originated in China. The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified.

“As we do in all crises, the Community’s experts respond by surging resources and producing critical intelligence on issues vital to U.S. national security. The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”

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Stress on the quote: "The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified."

So, is it for scientific or political reasons you are ignoring this?

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slibhb 1852 days ago
Virologists (or the DNI...or anybody) cannot, in fact, look at a viral genome and tell whether it evolved naturally or in a lab. The reason these people make these claims is because they, like you, see everything as political.
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