[m0llusk]

Seems like a lot of sloppiness supported more by attitude than evidence.

> ... there is very little resistance now to the assertion that COVID was manufactured in a biolab. Those responsible for making it are responsible for the millions of deaths it has caused.

This is still very much debated. Based on the two related strains that were cultured from the wet market and the locations of the earliest infections there is good reason to believe the virus came from there. Notably this is what many virologists experienced with identifying outbreak sources are asserting.

> ...forced wearing of masks, etc. show very little evidence of benefit ...

Admit to forgetting the details, but there was one large US State, I think it was Nebraska, which dropped masking for political reasons and had an immediate and sharp increase in COVID cases. There is lots of data with masks and diseases spread through the air. This is why surgeons are required to wear them.

[bediger4000]

If masking was ineffective, why was the 2020 influenza season virtually non-existent in both northern and South hemispheres where masking was required?

[jjeaff]

Clearly masks helped reduce flu, but also simply being more socially distanced in general.

Of course, many people have a hard time thinking deeply about things like this. Many actually have cited the lack of flu cases as proof of misclassification of everything to covid. But since we know flu is much less contagious than covid, it makes sense that mitigation measure like masks and social distancing were simply more effective on less contagious viruses.

[bediger4000]

Given that medical tests for influenza have existed for a long time, and are and have been routinely given for hospital admissions, I think we can discard the misclassification of everything to covid theory.

[anononaut]

Quite the interesting question, that.