do i think they created this in a lab? well, there wasn't any evidence of this, until the president started pointing fingers, thereby incriminating himself. but, the insistence on trying to write this off without investigating it, despite it being an entirely plausible hypothesis, did raise some eyebrows with me from the start. why were they so insistent on shutting that down?
if this is a bioweapon then:
1) it isn't a very useful one
2) releasing it seems to have backfired and the united states is currently experiencing incredible blowback from it.
but, when was the last time the united states did something that didn't backfire? it was back when joe friday and maxwell smart were on tv. really. before that, even. so, maybe it's blowback, but that's not really a convincing argument against it.
again: i don't currently have any reason to think this was an engineered virus.
...except the people trying very hard to stop me from wondering about it, and the apparent increasing attempt to blame it on china, instead.
Friday, February 28, 2020
i don't understand what's going on with the coronavirus at this point in time, and i haven't presented a hypothesis.
i have pointed out that the reaction seems to be unjustified, given the weakness of the virus. this is really just a variant of the flu.
or so they tell us, anyways. i can hypothesize about actors and motives, but i can't make up data. the data says this is not that scary. but, then, why are they doing this?
so, what i've drawn attention to is that contradiction - they tell us this thing has a 0.5% mortality rate, and then they treat it like it's ebola. they, here, is not the media, it's not "liberal" politicians, but it's rather the global authorities that you expect to operate outside of the alarmism, and actually adhere to the science.
so, when these agencies tell you that this disease is not very dangerous, and then act like it's a serious threat to global health, it makes you wonder what's actually happening.
are they hiding a deeper death toll in order to prevent mass panic? that would explain why they tell us one thing, and act as though another is true.
or, is there some kind of power grab going on behind the scenes?
i don't know....
i know there's a contradiction.
we'll have to see how this plays out, but it really has to be one or the other - either the death toll is far greater than is claimed, or this is going to be used as an excuse to take away people's rights.
again: i could shrug it off if it was a politician overreacting. but, these are the global health authorities, and something is not adding up.
15:02
the data they've given us says that chances are that you'll catch this thing and have it pass without even knowing you have it...
but, again - why is the who freaking out, then?
they don't have elections to worry about. they're not pandering to their base. they're supposed to be beyond all that shit.
we'll see what happens...
like, apparently the country with the second highest death toll is iran.
that's just kind of a curious fact.
so, did they create this thing in a lab?
they could have. if they did, they'd probably let it loose in iran first.
but, you'd think they'd be a little more efficient.
so, i'm going to classify that claim as highly doubtful. but, anybody trying to browbeat you with the idea that that's "debunked" or "wrong" should be treated as a propagandist - it's entirely plausible, in principle.
if a new virus shows up in china and starts killing chinese people, is it more likely that it was created by the chinese or by their enemies?
if the chinese were going to create viruses and let them loose, you'd expect them to let them loose here, right?
so, who is the most likely suspect, if we take the premise seriously? it would be the americans, of course.
which is making the infection rate in iran seem curious.
but, i still think this idea is dubious, because the virus is just too weak for that. it might save the chinese some money on public health care. it's hardly weapons-grade material...
but, again - why is the who freaking out, then?
they don't have elections to worry about. they're not pandering to their base. they're supposed to be beyond all that shit.
we'll see what happens...
at 15:12
that's just kind of a curious fact.
at 15:34
they could have. if they did, they'd probably let it loose in iran first.
but, you'd think they'd be a little more efficient.
so, i'm going to classify that claim as highly doubtful. but, anybody trying to browbeat you with the idea that that's "debunked" or "wrong" should be treated as a propagandist - it's entirely plausible, in principle.
at 15:36
let's kind of think this through, though.
if a new virus shows up in china and starts killing chinese people, is it more likely that it was created by the chinese or by their enemies?
if the chinese were going to create viruses and let them loose, you'd expect them to let them loose here, right?
so, who is the most likely suspect, if we take the premise seriously? it would be the americans, of course.
which is making the infection rate in iran seem curious.
but, i still think this idea is dubious, because the virus is just too weak for that. it might save the chinese some money on public health care. it's hardly weapons-grade material...
at 15:40