Corona virus - bio weapon or no?

[stonefly-2]

I suppose it's possible that I missed it, but I haven't seen any evidence of that.

It would seem to be a critical thing to search out and decide for yourself.

Pressure to conceal findings and parsing as to allow that it is "possible" that it was anything but are telling.

When the trouble and expense is gone to to create a bioweapon it's not done to give people the runs and a rash.

[stonefly-2]

There hasn't been anything I've seen on this forum or elsewhere which would constitute evidence for that conclusion. There has however been plenty of misinformation and badly assembled conjecture.

The 'do your own research' crowd say exactly that when they need an escape hatch from their own malformed argument.

I guess it's enough that you have come so far from this just being a flu over the course of this thread.

The RNA structure of this thing being next to impossible to have occurred naturally and the diplomatic crush to not say so out loud too much shouldn't color the truth of the various findings.

[capo]

I guess it's enough that you have come so far from this just being a flu over the course of this thread.

That's an outright lie, post evidence now or stop accusing me of something I never said. I'm sick of your BS personal attacks based on a claim you know to be false.

The RNA structure of this thing being next to impossible to have occurred naturally and the diplomatic crush to not say so out loud too much shouldn't color the truth of the various findings.

Another claim made without evidence.

[Librarian]

Let's split this off to its own thread, and (given this is OT) at least try be serious.

ETA I really do have other things to do, but I will delete (almost all of) the facetious posts.

[user120312]

IMO, not a bio weapon, too poor of a mortality rate and too indiscriminate, but a good boil the frog one more degree op.

[Deadon]

I think this has man's hands all over it. That's just my opinion though. Trump is to big of a threat to the world. They have to try something.

[Librarian]

Bump - this could be interesting

[WingDings]

Rumor started with a self-published, non-peer-reviewed report out of India.

I’ll go with India trying to weaken China on the geopolitical stage for $200, Alex.

[Cali-Glock]

The common cold is a corona virus.

There are many corona viruses.

Worst case scenario this novel corona virus might be a bit worse than the typical flu... all evidence thus far is that it is significantly less of a problem than the flu.

[edgerly779]

Hits the elderly, infirmed, immune compromised . Youngest so far as I know is 15 years old. Designed to remove those most likely to cost a lot to keep alive. KEY question who benefits.?

[MarikinaMan]

no.

[toro1]

Personally I think it was made in a lab doing research but not necessarily as a bio weapon. I also think someone hit the vent button instead of the seal button and let it loose accidentally. Just my 2 cents based on no actual knowledge of it but happy to create a different conspiracy theory.

[SCVlongstroke]

Conveniently no, politically yes.

[Citadelgrad87]

No chance.

[ronlglock]

Hits the elderly, infirmed, immune compromised . Youngest so far as I know is 15 years old. Designed to remove those most likely to cost a lot to keep alive. KEY question who benefits.?

Kaiser??