Some gain of function research was banned in the US in ~2015. American academia outsourced some research as a result of this, it is unclear whether the China research was because of this. Despite this information it is still true that the virus came from recombination in bats and not from research because there is no evidence that research has anything to do with this virus. There is plenty of evidence that it did come from bats. https://www.biorxiv.org/conten... [biorxiv.org] I note that gain of function research is dif
It's a conspiracy theory quality hand-waving which of course isn't impossible but extremely unlikely. There would have been extreme and systemic disregard for safety protocols in a country that have experienced the spread of related virus. You are probably underestimating the difficulty of intentional release too assuming normal safety protocols, it would have been injected on purpose to bypass decontamination required to exit the laboratory without this being detected later. Governmental response would have
It still doesn't explain why the US fared worse than the rest of the world.
Are basic statistics hard for you? USA has less percentage of infected than many places, less percentage death than other places (Italy, Spain, UK, Belgium) How has USA "fared worse"?
Nice charts here that include case rate normalized by population. In this one I've chosen a linear scale and highlighted, Germany, France, and the UK to compare to the U.S: https://91-divoc.com/pages/cov... [91-divoc.com] (you may have to scroll down to the normalized by population graph)
Yes, the U.S. has a higher rate of cases per million population than Germany, France, or the UK.
Nice site to play with, by the way. You can chose the scale and the countries highlighted, and you can graph different numbers (like number of
"Which government officials shall we investigate next for corruption?"
(Every single politician and official cowers and looks away...)
(Dice roll...University of Texas!)
(All other politicians and officials go whew.)
Some gain of function research was banned in the US in ~2015. American academia outsourced some research as a result of this, it is unclear whether the China research was because of this. Despite this information it is still true that the virus came from recombination in bats and not from research because there is no evidence that research has anything to do with this virus. There is plenty of evidence that it did come from bats. https://www.biorxiv.org/conten... [biorxiv.org] I note that gain of function research is dif
" there is some degree of evidence, circumstantial or otherwise",
No, there isn't.
It's a conspiracy theory quality hand-waving which of course isn't impossible but extremely unlikely.
There would have been extreme and systemic disregard for safety protocols in a country that have experienced the spread of related virus. You are probably underestimating the difficulty of intentional release too assuming normal safety protocols, it would have been injected on purpose to bypass decontamination required to exit the laboratory without this being detected later. Governmental response would have
It still doesn't explain why the US fared worse than the rest of the world.
Are basic statistics hard for you? USA has less percentage of infected than many places, less percentage death than other places (Italy, Spain, UK, Belgium) How has USA "fared worse"?
Nice charts here that include case rate normalized by population. In this one I've chosen a linear scale and highlighted, Germany, France, and the UK to compare to the U.S:
https://91-divoc.com/pages/cov... [91-divoc.com]
(you may have to scroll down to the normalized by population graph)
Yes, the U.S. has a higher rate of cases per million population than Germany, France, or the UK.
Nice site to play with, by the way. You can chose the scale and the countries highlighted, and you can graph different numbers (like number of