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[–] CrustyBeaver52 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
It's definitely a bioweapon that was either released or escaped from the lab. Either scenario is equally plausible. It is also true that this sort of weapon will begin to mutate in the wild as it spreads, and that mutation pattern will trend away from lethality over time. So, ground zero has the greatest lethality.
The people who make the vaccines are the very same people who make these weapons. They develop the weapons first, then develop the vaccine. This is not the first time this technology has escaped the lab. This research is marred by a long history of either accidental or deliberate releases of the various diseases. The one doctor commented, these diseases cannot develop naturally, but only come into existence due to our meddling. We give the enhanced capabilities to the existing viruses.
Is it a necessary evil? The tech is already out there. We have no other choice because we have to possess the knowledge in order to defend against others who would wish to use it against us. Unfortunately, it appears that the controls are not strong enough to keep it from those who desire to play God. Yet another example of how humanity may not survive it's own technological advancement.
[–] Glory_Beckons 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago (edited ago)
Like many people, you underestimate the sheer stupidity of modern governments.
They're not hiding anything. They're just fucking idiots, who are just as scared and uncertain as you are, but wield considerably more power, and therefore fear losing what they have far more, and so overreact, and end up fucking things up more than the problem they were trying to fix. It doesn't have to be more complicated than that.
When in doubt, apply Occam's Razor.
[–] flapjack_charlie 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
HIV isnt harmless by itself. The GP120 spikes on it cause dementia when the virions break apart.
[–] dalik 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Lots of theories going around.
I'm keeping it to what I can do about it, keep to simple things that I can do easily.
[–] albatrosv15 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
"Swine fever china." <-- search engine
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/opinion/china-swine-fever.html
[–] videocodec 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Just look at how animals reacted to the SARS vaccine. All it takes is enough of a change to this virus for a wave 2 to hit sometime next year. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is the same way. You need a year but not more than two years for the peak reaction of a cytokine storm in the body.
[–] senpaithatignoresyou ago
This was a natural virus, that escaped from a lab. This is not a good thing, this is the worst case scenario.
This is the virus that killed all those birds and bats in china over the last few years. It was so disruptive that the locusts are running unchecked in the country.
That is why the spaz panicking. Even if you quarantined people, the ravens,crows,pigeons, song birds would catch it. Hence why china is scrubbing everything down. It is that bad.
The good news is it will probably cull the niggers, obeasts, and boomers. Pretty much everyone The bad news is that the supply chain was not built for such a disruption.
[–] DeathToMing ago
the next stage will target white males I bet ya
[–] mudbear [S] 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Eh, i dont think so. Beta whites are the malleable backbone of the jews power structure. The easier solution is to just offer a vaccine. If you take it then you are already obedient and trusting, if you dont then you are untrustworthy and die off.
It would be easier to frame 'white supremacists' as the cause of the disease and have everyone turn on us with government lockdown (which is already underway in order to quarantine) so they wont need a virus for that.