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"Voluntary"

Again, these are not people interested in the truth, they just want to bash China (but not over Hong Kong or the uighers, they don't care about that stuff, it is to them good actually)

I'm not saying don't use politics, as the CCP is engaging in politics by limiting research into the origins of the virus, but the certainty and idle speculation without new evidence of the lab leak theory is concerning and can make the scientific job of finding answers far more difficult. The baseline assumption should be that it is zoonotic in origin, like so so so many other viruses and diseases, and you would need significant evidence to overcome that assumption (and most data I've seen so far points to this origin anyway). I'm fine with an investigation, but I think it is secondary in the public interest to preparing for the next pandemic. The right wing beating the drum of "china did it to hurt trump" or whatever doesn't help answer any questions and in fact may hinder investigations into the origin (and again is to distract from the culpability of the right wing political apparatus in the response)

There's way too much discussion on what if it's a lab leak (uncommon but happens) vs natural origin (common) but it's just a distraction by right wingers who want to bash china and drum up racism. Instead of conjecture in the media on what the cause was, we should be more focused on what we can do now to prevent future outbreaks regardless of origin. Let (relatively) dispassionate scientific investigation take place and once we get a better understanding then we can work from there. Until then, it doesn't matter. This doesn't excuse the opacity of the CCP when it comes to the investigation by any means, but that's not the discussion.

So what difference does it make going forward? What exactly can be done differently going forward? What if we never actually find out where the virus started, even if the CCP was forthcoming in investigations? And further lab or natural doesn't change the abysmal american response and leadership. Lab or natural the trump administration dropped the ball here which certainly could have made a difference early on. Correct masking guidance early on could have saved lives. Non denial early on could have saved lives.

cuck shit

It doesn't matter one single iota if it came from a lab or something else. And we may never know exactly where.

two years lmao

Below expectations, but this monthly number is highly variable

A subscription model for rights is some serious SV bullshit

Dear God. We learn nothing from the CIA for one. For two, moving forward, we should treat both as equally likely when planning for the next pandemic. It doesn't matter how it came about, I don't care and unless you have an axe to grind with the CCP (and don't care about freedom and democracy in HK or the ethnic cleansing of the Ughiers) you shouldn't care either.

Crypto doesn't do anything

No, it doesn't

The increased cost is with the mpg boost

Why move water when you can more easily just move people

"Billionaire"

I'm not disagreeing with that, but in the meantime the acid is harmful to ocean life and humans

This is a bad analysis as it supposes perfect and instantaneous mixing. There's going to be localized effects which are fairly unknown, and problematic given that the boat can't be towed further out to sea. In general, controlled dilution can be a solution for pollution but pretending like there's zero problem with this is just dumb.

It will 100% be used against peaceful protestors during "illegal" protests

hopefully this means he doesn't have to work for Bezos again

I believe the NFL is used as an example in that episode

more on this pod

Anyone on the Iranian side who would agree to anything with the US would clearly be a CIA plant

I hold things back I swear @DAngelo.Barksdale sounds familiar