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Me too, like out of ALL areas of the giant China and out of all places in the world, yet it happens to emerge from the very same city that it has a such lab? And it was confirmed that patient zero wasn't in the wet market. Too much of a coincidence that boggles the mind. My bet that it was an accidental leak.
When I heard about these speculations, it seemed an accidental leak was the most likely theory, rather than a deliberate release, if it was a man-made biological weapon.
But I am keeping an open mind.
I don't jump to conclusions.
I embrace hypotheticals.
It's my thang.
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Us laypersons have to rely on what the dueling experts say. But yes it does look disturbing.
If it turns out to be true that this was an accidently leaked man made virus then think of the many implications.
What escaped was some unfinished version of something they were working on in a lab. Like some prototype car Elon Musk's engineers created before they finally perfected the Tesla that we now see on showroom floors.
So what was the final product, the showroom version of this virus, supposed to be?
Presumably it was for the purpose of germ warfare. A military alternative to poison gas and nukes as a weapon of mass destruction.
What escaped into the world is something that is deadly, but hard to control. So it wouldnt be of much use to any country militarily. It spreads fast, and hurts your enemy, but it ravages your own country as well. So I guess they were shooting for something as deadly as this, but that is also somehow more controllable by the country (china) that deploys it. Hard to imagine a virus that "knows" not to cross boundries back into the country that deployed it. But I guess thats what they were trying to create.
While we are on the subject: I just noticed on that list of "related topics" something entitled "China is ready to genetically design humans" from 2016.
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Having an ultra deadly infection virus, might be the go.
Drop it in the middle of a competing country and close your own borders.
It could race through the other country like wildfire and burn itself out in a short amount of time.
Ideally, its resting longevity would be short, also, making it safe to invade the country with impunity.
Pepe, the arch villain.
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