Covid escaped from lab - US report finds

I wouldn’t be making excuses for China, MaizieD. They must have suspected, yet refused to acknowledge the problem, even when one of their own doctors was emphatic about a virulent new virus - and the poor man died.

Then they continued to allow planeloads of workers from Wuhan, to fly back to northern Italy to work in leather factories - and Italy was the European country hit first and hardest, if you remember.

Galaxy

Actually one of the things that was called a conspiracy theory was the lab theory. Mainly because it was said by someone people hated. It's a funny world.

Quite so Galaxy. I can remember myself and a couple of other gnetters being degenerated on here for suggesting it escaped from the lab. Does make you wonder what we read in the papers though, how they push certain agendas.

Maizie there was bound to be medical ignorance, it was a novel virus!

Actually one of the things that was called a conspiracy theory was the lab theory. Mainly because it was said by someone people hated. It's a funny world.

We always knew (or suspected it) but remember the US is hardly unbiased when it comes to pronouncements on China.

It's too late to do anything about that escape now and I think it would be futile to further dislike China on the strength of it.

But China is not entirely to blame for the human misery caused. It was compounded by international medical ignorance (particularly in the western 1st world ), vainglory and poverty among other things. Not to mention the proliferation of conspiracy theory and anti science discourse flying around social media.

I can still hear my old geography teacher, Mrs Jarrett, saying very emphatically, ‘China is - public - enemy - number - one!’

OK, it was in the days of Mao, but she’s still got a point. The sheer amount of human misery, not to mention vast financial costs, they unleashed upon the world….

If they must create deadly viruses, FGS take a bit more care to keep them within the lab.

kittylester

But, we always knew that.

Yes

But, we always knew that.

I saw this yesterday. Not at all surprised. I always suspected as much.

Behind a paywall.