Boris Johnson's government reportedly believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a Chinese laboratory

Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | 4/6/2020 | A. Payne

[TangledUpInBlue]

The UK government reportedly believes the coronavirus outbreak may have started in a Chinese laboratory.

Most experts believe the outbreak began when animals passed COVID-19 onto humans in China.

However, some scientists believe an accidental leak is a plausible alternative theory.

UK officials are not ruling out the possibility that a laboratory close to Wuhan accidentally leaked the virus.

A UK Parliament committee on Monday accused the Chinese government of spreading "disinformation" about the origins of the virus.

"Perhaps it is no coincidence that there is that laboratory in Wuhan," one UK government official told the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

[Mozzafiato]

2018 Eerie movie fortells the Coronavirus (some bad language)

[StAnDeliver]

"In my reading I don't think it was a bioengineered virus. Coronaviruses IMO are very hard to bioengineer as are most RNA viruses."

Apparently, not that hard...

[StAnDeliver]

"Here we examine the disease potential of a SARS-like virus, SHC014-CoV, which is currently circulating in Chinese horseshoe bat populations. Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system, we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone." --Menachery, V., Yount, B., Debbink, K. et al. A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence. Nat Med 21, 1508–1513 (2015).

[60Gunner]

"May have accidentally?"

Nothing that this evil Chinese Communist Party does is "Accidental."

Chicoms place no value on any life beyond that of their own miserable, evil skins.

We've been playing pat-a-cake with these monsters for nearly 80 years. Enough is enough. Chinese communism is a plague that needs to be eradicated.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Or a low level lab worker took an animal from the lab and sold it for a few pennies at the market.
Is how the virus could have escaped from the lab.
After the ChiComs engineered it.

[Eagles6]

I’ve heard that too.

[SaveFerris]

Sure seems like this is the case

[SaveFerris]

[Beware of Business Insider]

Actually, that is worthy of consideration. They have become a Democrat mouthpiece for several things. That’s why liberal Yahoo loves them.

[GOPsterinMA]

“ But if China is intentionally infecting the world — what is the correct response?”

Been saying this for weeks: https://youtu.be/c6W2suGacjQ

They have, whether actually or tacitly, declared war on the rest of the world. Show them that their actions have consequences.

[Nextrush]

Israel is importing supplies from China to fight the coronavirus.....

https://jpost.com/israel-news/el-al-to-air-lift-coronavirus-medical-supplies-from-china-623674

The politicians like Rubio and Cruz and Rick Scott etc. etc. support Israel and I’m sure they applaud China’s support...I’d love them to answer the question.

China has nukes and has money that covers the ever increasing national debt of the United States. A lot of hot air politics about China with no meaningful action in the end I expect.

[C210N]

[Grampa Dave]

Did Miss O’leary, also, have a cat as well a cow?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for your service and please put me on your ER RN list.

Thanks
Dave

[R0CK3T]

WMD attack on the West designed to advance China to World Domination.

[Grampa Dave]

It seems to being revealed to be the case.

If it is intel in our side, we (not our generation) might get to read about it 60+ years from now.

[SaveFerris]

[World Domination]

Swinging on a star.

[SaveFerris]

We live in interesting times.

[Vaquero]

Yeah.....accidentally.

[dfwgator]

[Buttons12]

But if China is intentionally infecting the world

Basic game theory applies. If one player cheats and the other sticks to the rules, the cheater wins.

We better adjust to reality or we lose.