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> If we knew for certain that covid began in the Wuhan lab, it would be World War 3.

1. why?

2. that attitude strongly disincentives the discovery of the truth. If that were true I would support a cover up!



"Why" because of all the latent anger and frustration from the mass death and pain of the pandemic. Its naive to underestimate it. How it unfolds, think WWI reparations from Germany.

"Cover it up anyway" pretty much. There's precedent for this, we never got the full truth about 9/11 either. To this day the 100 page dossier is off limits to the public, probably for similar reasoning. The USA wants to play the board opportunistically without regard for justice or public outrage. And then people wonder why the public feels abandoned by their government.


> "Why" because of all the latent anger and frustration from the mass death and pain of the pandemic. Its naive to underestimate it. How it unfolds, think WWI reparations from Germany.

Why is a lab outbreak worse than a wet market outbreak?


The same reason arson is worse than a wild fire.


Arson implies intent, leak does not


Intent is a good word, and the right question. What's the intent of a bio security lab? What's the intent of gain of function research?

Some say the intent of a firearm is self defense, as the intent of a nuclear bomb is a deterrent.

Finally, what role does intent play in the poker world championship?

And for record of the court, arson by negligence is a criminal offense.




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