Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab

[Doctor Phibes]

So, basically, the report is political bullshit wrapped up in a lot of convincing sounding techno-babble?

[Kincaid]

Wouldn't shock me either way. Also wouldn't surprise me if the gov't for political reasons decided to down play it if it turns out this was created in a lab.

Pretty sure we create nasty stuff in labs too. I doubt the Chinese spread it intentionally if it was their creation.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab:

So, basically, the report is political bullshit wrapped up in a lot of convincing sounding techno-babble?

Li-Meng Yan's mother has been arrested.

A reasonable person would wonder why that happened.

Perhaps she's a bank robber, or a burglar. At age 63, I suppose that's possible.

[Larry]

I'm watching the woman give her second interview. This woman is speaking out knowing the Chinese government may very well kill her mother for it. She has more guts than most people, and she deserves respect, and to be believed.

[George K]

Whether she's telling the truth or not is irrelevant.

The fact that her mother has been arrested is all you need to know about China.

[Doctor Phibes]

You certainly won't find me defending the Chinese communists. They're monstrous. What is happening to Hong Kong and to Chinese Muslims is clearly tyranny in action.

That doesn't mean that what she's saying is true. Neither does her mother being arrested, which is also barbaric.

[Larry]

So you think a woman would manufacture a lie knowing her mother might be killed because of it?

[Mik]

@George-K said in Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab:

Whether she's telling the truth or not is irrelevant.

The fact that her mother has been arrested is all you need to know about China.

Indeed.

[Loki]

@Larry said in Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab:

So you think a woman would manufacture a lie knowing her mother in law might be killed because of it?

Absolutely.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Larry said in Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab:

So you think a woman would manufacture a lie knowing her mother might be killed because of it?

Yes, she might, if she thought it was worth the risk to bring down the Chinese government, but I'm not assuming she's lying. She could just be wrong. People are heavily swayed by opinion and prejudice, and a lot of other scientists are saying the virus is naturally occurring. They could also be wrong, of course.

[Larry]

What does the statistics say................

[Doctor Phibes]

@Larry said in Coronavirus from Wuhan Lab:

What does the statistics say................

If you read the paper, there's an awful lot of stuff in there I don't understand. It could be data, it could be techno-babble - I have no idea. I doubt you can tell the difference either. I guess just making up your mind because you want to believe her is one approach. Like I said, there are a lot of highly qualified folks who don't agree with her.