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Ed Corona Virus Conspiracy Theories....

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You do participate in thread about coronavirus conspiracy theories though ..

Indeed I do. I don't participate in a ....onavirus-start thread and I'm not sure that I'd expect anything valuable from the UK Express in any case.
 
It's nothing new, check wiki for the whole history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Meng_Yan
Not a lot there for a non-virologist like myself, any tech links would leave me behind by the end of the synopsis.
But my gross understanding is that the genetic techniques to lab create any new virus woud be blatantly obvious and expert after expert has stated that they're not there with C19.
I'm happy to be corrected.
 
Not a lot there for a non-virologist like myself, any tech links would leave me behind by the end of the synopsis.
But my gross understanding is that the genetic techniques to lab create any new virus woud be blatantly obvious and expert after expert has stated that they're not there with C19.
I'm happy to be corrected.

Hard to say. It's also not just about if the virus is artificial or not. For me it's mostly if the virus escaped from the lab, or not, even if it was natural.
The lab in Wuhan was build to study the coronaviruses and prevent future SARS-like pandemics, so it would be ironic if it actually helped in the spread.

Anyway, it's up to the lady to actually prove stuff, and unfortunately she doesn't seem able to prove anything.
 
Hard to say. It's also not just about if the virus is artificial or not. For me it's mostly if the virus escaped from the lab, or not, even if it was natural.

The lab in Wuhan was build to study the coronaviruses and prevent future SARS-like pandemics, so it would be ironic if it actually helped in the spread.



Anyway, it's up to the lady to actually prove stuff, and unfortunately she doesn't seem able to prove anything.
Looking at the Express blather again... between her paper's title, their paraphrasing (?) of her general claim, and their breathless web headline... at this point, I'm not sure what the **** she's claiming. [emoji53]
I'll shut the hell up and maybe our intrepid Kiwi will enlighten us. Not gonna hold my breath.
 
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my favorite one is where it was deliberately released by the powers that be to reduce the surplussed populous, we are running out of space and we will no longer be able to feed the world population so they released something that was supposed to kill indiscriminately
 
my favorite one is where it was deliberately released by the powers that be to reduce the surplussed populous, we are running out of space and we will no longer be able to feed the world population so they released something that was supposed to kill indiscriminately

Who exactly is "they"?
 
Hard to say. It's also not just about if the virus is artificial or not. For me it's mostly if the virus escaped from the lab, or not, even if it was natural.
The lab in Wuhan was build to study the coronaviruses and prevent future SARS-like pandemics, so it would be ironic if it actually helped in the spread.

Anyway, it's up to the lady to actually prove stuff, and unfortunately she doesn't seem able to prove anything.

Thats right. If you cant prove it, it didnt happen.
 
Not a lot there for a non-virologist like myself, any tech links would leave me behind by the end of the synopsis.
But my gross understanding is that the genetic techniques to lab create any new virus woud be blatantly obvious and expert after expert has stated that they're not there with C19.
I'm happy to be corrected.

This is my understanding too.
The genome has been sequenced, and any man-made alterations or additions would have shown up.
For example:
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s...k-of-the-coronavirus-was-made-in-a-lab-rumour
 
How should I know its a conspiracy, :boggled:

So you claimed "they" did it but simultaneously don't know who "they" are.

Has it occurred to you for a nanosecond that viruses evolve and that's why we have new flus each year?

(You don't believe in evolution do you? )
 
So you claimed "they" did it but simultaneously don't know who "they" are.

Has it occurred to you for a nanosecond that viruses evolve and that's why we have new flus each year?

(You don't believe in evolution do you? )

Just to ask... is there a particular reason why you're treating JollyRoger as if he had presented that as if he believed that it was true? He didn't, after all.
 
Hard to say. It's also not just about if the virus is artificial or not. For me it's mostly if the virus escaped from the lab, or not, even if it was natural.
The lab in Wuhan was build to study the coronaviruses and prevent future SARS-like pandemics, so it would be ironic if it actually helped in the spread.

Anyway, it's up to the lady to actually prove stuff, and unfortunately she doesn't seem able to prove anything.
Link to the paper she co-wrote
https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X2N064t7ncf

I'm fairly sure I've seen that report referenced before - maybe on the covid science thread.
 
Not a lot there for a non-virologist like myself, any tech links would leave me behind by the end of the synopsis.
But my gross understanding is that the genetic techniques to lab create any new virus woud be blatantly obvious and expert after expert has stated that they're not there with C19.
I'm happy to be corrected.

Just to poke at something from the wiki that likely needs to be kept in mind -

Later in September, Yan co-authored a pre-print research paper named "Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route."[26] Three other researchers were listed as co-authors, but the SCMP was unable to find any prior work from them.[27] The paper was uploaded to the Zenodo website, an open-access repository where anyone can post their research.[28] The paper is affiliated with the Rule of Law Society, founded by Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui.[26][28] The Rule of Law Society had not previously published scientific or medical research.[28] Yan had previously appeared on Bannon's "War Room" podcast.[27][28]

That makes it very strongly look like disinformation for political purposes.
 
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