Wednesday, February 03, 2021

Covid Conspiracy theories: We haz them

Lots of conspiracy theories that the Covid was released (probably accidentally) from the Wuhan lab that was doing research in how to weaponize the SARS types viruses. (i.e. have scientists change the virus so it will kill people, not just animals). 

The Asia Time, a Hong Kong paper that used to be a good source before China took it over, has a discussion of what was going on. 

Weaponizing germs to kill people is, of course a war crime, but hey, they are just doing it so they can see how the virus works so they can quickly make a vaccine to stop the spread if such a mutation occurs in nature (e.g. Bird flu), or released by someone really really nasty, is their reply.

But why did US government linked researchers seek to do that? Because several lab errors that could have released dangerous pathogens occurred in US Labs, so those in charge said the experiment was too risky to do and stopped them.

Can't have that: Science is too important to leave to elected officials. So they found a loophole: 

Ah, but this ban did not cover other countries, of course. 

So now the real question: Why was that research outsourced to China? and even paid for by US taxpayers, with little publicity by US whistleblowers (outside of conspiracy sites such as Fox Business channel, the Daily Mail, Coast to Coast am or Alex Jones and their ilk I mean).

And there were hints of links to US and Canadian researchers in various articles, including a hint that the esteemed Dr. Fauci approved oodles of money (3.7 million dollars) to Wuhan to do that research.

 So tin hat time, right?

whoops: Nature magazine just asked the same question.

and notes that the funding was screened, but that no one sort of noticed what was being done, or by whom.

why such secrecy? Because it might make other countries think the US is doing research in bioweapons to kill them.

Ya think?

So it's better to have China do research into making bioweapons?

and given the bad safety record of Chinese biolabs, who in the world would think that the research would be safer if done in China than in the USA??

Captain Trips call your office. There is work for you to do.

Heads up from instapundit 

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