Posted on 06/25/2021 2:37:19 PM PDT by Theoria
There were curious characteristics about the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 1977-78, which emerged from northeastern Asia and killed an estimated 700,000 people around the world. For one, it almost exclusively affected people in their mid-20s or younger. Scientists discovered another oddity that could explain the first: It was virtually identical to a strain that circulated in the 1950s. People born before that had immunity that protected them, and younger people didn’t.
But how on earth had it remained so steady genetically, since viruses continually mutate? Scientists guessed that it had been frozen in a lab. It was often found to be sensitive to temperature, something expected for viruses used in vaccine research.
It was only in 2004 that a prominent virologist, Peter Palese, wrote that Chi-Ming Chu, a respected virologist and a former member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told him that “the introduction of this 1977 H1N1 virus” was indeed thought to be due to vaccine trials involving “the challenge of several thousand military recruits with live H1N1 virus.”
For the first time, science itself seemed to have caused a pandemic while trying to prepare for it.
Now, for the second time in 50 years, there are questions about whether we are dealing with a pandemic caused by scientific research.
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While the Chinese government’s obstruction may keep us from knowing for sure whether the virus, SARS-CoV-2, came from the wild directly or through a lab in Wuhan or if genetic experimentation was involved, what we know already is troubling.
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“Nice piece by a opinion writer for the nyt, who has been writing on the subject for sometime”
So one needs to ask, why is this commie rag letting this be published?
The information and mind control makes me sick.
The NY Times would proclaim this article conspiracy and racist only a moth or so ago.
Now they print it.
Possibly to hide the fact that it wasn’t an accident but deliberately released? Such a terrible accident.
“why is this commie rag letting this be published?”
*****
They have to build a narrative to deal with the flood of evidence coming.
They want the narrative to be “lab leak while doing good science for benevolent purposes” instead of the truth which is gain of function bioweapon research for nefarious purposes by the Chinese Liberation Army in cooperation with elements in our government and private sectors.
“So one needs to ask, why is this commie rag letting this be published?”
Denying it and banning talk of it served their purpose and they feel no need to control the narrative in that manner.
Now they will seek to control what they denied in their own way, creating the new Ministry of Truth narrative.
Debunked conspiracy theory is forgotten, never existed.
Brilliant liberals have now discovered this.
They never denied it will be the hew narrative.
That is how brazen they are.
If we find out that it was developed and weaponized in Wuhan, what are we going to do about it? The prediction is that we will have a frown on our faces and that is it. You expect any action? Please let us know.
“So one needs to ask, why is this commie rag letting this be published?”
People hired to help politicians handle a scandal will always advise them to let the story out. Get ahead of it. Don’t let someone blind side you with it at a news conference. When it does come up, it’s old news. (How many times did we hear Hillary complain, “that’s old news!”? “Can’t we just move on?”)
Considering lab workers were the first ones to get sick coupled with US State Department warnings of bad safety practices at the lab it is entirely possible the virus escaped.
Whether the “leak” intentional or not, the CCP made sure to infect the world by allowing international flights to leave Wuhan but banned all domestic travel.
No action. Sen. Hawley, and folk like him, ran around screaming that we borrow from China to pay ourselves for their screw up. Weird.
What is a Zeynep ?
Code for CCP SPY impeded at the NY Slimes .?
And why has it been censored until now?
Really pisses me off that no one will be held accountable for releasing this freakin plaque on the planet and killing 4+ million people.
Nice piece or not, what we ALL know is that the NY Times does nothing but lie now so who cares?
Hope I live to see them go out of business, want to see ALL THEIR STAFF on the street selling apples. I won’t be buying any apples either.
The echos from the NYT’s screaming Trump is racist when he even mentioned this was a lab grown disaster is still around.
These folks have no integrity. or shame.
“why is this commie rag letting this be published?”
It’s obvious what is happening now. The CCP sees that every part of their plan has been a success. They setting the stage to openly boast about this attack on their enemies.
Soon COVID will be unveiled as the greatest Communist victory in 50 years, and status of Xi holding a SARS virus will be in every town center in China.
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