[CatHerd]

Thanks. I just listened to the clip, and yes, her English is not the best. She seemed to say that the virus could not have escaped that lab, then seems to say it was intentionally taken out of the lab, but they did not understand how easily transmissible it was and it got out hand. Doesn’t really make sense.

But then she has said some other wild things that don’t make sense. See my #9:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4134730/posts?page=9#9

We know the lab was leaky. We know they were messing around with those viruses in BSL-2 and BSL-3 labs. We know lab workers were sickened in the fall of 2019, too. Everything points to accidental leak — thanks to playing GoF with dangerous viruses in the first place, doing so in a leaky lab and not following protocols. An accident waiting to happen, yes, but still an accident.

This is old, but very good:

https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/

[Widget Jr]

Doesn't really make sense.

Hanlon's razor is "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Maybe this helps explain it, "The" way vs "a" way (Japan v China dept).
As much as the author cautions about not overgeneralizing, the pictures tell their own story.

Naha airport, Okinawa, Japan:

Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, China:

Japan: Fuel aircraft using fuel truck, fuel pump, checklists, personal safety equipment and procedures.
China: Siphon aviation gas from the back of a delivery truck using your mouth, when the fuel drum is above the filler port so siphoning is not needed.

Question: Which country is more likely to cut corners until it all goes wrong six ways from Sunday?

[Golden Eagle]

We know the lab was leaky. We know they were messing around with those viruses in BSL-2 and BSL-3 labs. We know lab workers were sickened in the fall of 2019, too. Everything points to accidental leak — thanks to playing GoF with dangerous viruses in the first place, doing so in a leaky lab and not following protocols. An accident waiting to happen, yes, but still an accident.

Completely agree. And these claims are from 2.5 years ago from Steve Bannon's show, when they were trying to deflect from gain of function being re-instated under Trump, and pin covid and all the gain of function research on the Chinese, alone.

Why now, then? My guess is it's just more attempts to divert the blame, but there may be some new news coming soon, or they expect this to be a new line of attack against Trump, which caused them to dust off these old claims.