Has anyone offered the opinion that China did this deliberately with the eye toward infecting the United States? Yes, I know that many Chinese will die, but in a country with more than a billion people too many - I hardly think they care.
Face it, Trump has caused (in my opinion) Xi to lose face but forcing him to back down to his demands. I doubt seriously that China would sign on to the agreement if a weak Bush was in office.
So, is there any possibility in the realm of imagination that this could be an attack on the United States?
btw, I’m kewl with being flamed, a long time ago I traded in my Mormon underwear for flame retarded drawers.
I think this was something for the USA, being souped up in a lab in China, that accidentally or deliberately got out.
Why would China do this. After all every time I see many people in China they have masks on in general.
Just like the Fentanyl coming in from China. To me that is a deliberated and calculated attack by China. It is declaration of war and kills most people. It more addictive that heroin and kills the users over time. With in 1 to 2 years. This is probably China’s modern version of the Boxer Rebellion to get back at the West.
BTW, Mexicans are no longer the number 1 immigrants coming into California. It is now China. How many infected people are coming into cities full of turds (a pandemic waiting to happen ) like San Francisco?
“Has anyone offered the opinion that China did this deliberately with the eye toward infecting the United States? Yes, I know that many Chinese will die, but in a country with more than a billion people too many - I hardly think they care.”
A couple of things make it unlikely, in my opinion. First, this kind of an extreme measure to cull their population...but then they are Communists. But they were doing well, at least economically, with their huge population...certainly better (much better) than India.
But why hit Wuhan first, since that’s where their Biological Warfare capability is centered, as that points right at them? Then no antidote or vaccine, or at least nothing that we know of. Much more likely a breakdown in containment there.
What I do worry about are the people ‘advising’ Trump, from the medical community - one can be sure that most of them despise him (since he isn’t upper crust in behavior), so why not tell him to hold-off on locking down this country? If a pandemic means him gets defeated in November, it probably is a reasonable trade-off to them. Part of the reason for my cynicism/suspicion is because I’ve seen just how politicized that bunch is when it comes to our obesity/diabetes epidemic, preferring to have customers in lieu of a willingness to address the problem through diet (or at least one that can work).
> “Has anyone offered the opinion that China did this deliberately with the eye toward infecting the United States?”
There are strong indications the new virus came from the P4 lab in Wuhan; whether it’s deliberate is not clear yet. I hope the day will come when China is forced to admit it when the evidence become irrefutable.
It is no secret China’s ruling class thinks China has too many people and too many mouths to feed, and they only want half of the 1.4 billion.
Instead of the United States, another possibility is to spread the virus to Hong Kong to stop people from taking to the streets. Wuhan also had a big protest last July where they emulated Hong Kongers with their own Five Demands.
Now it just occurred to me this epidemic might just give the communists the perfect excuse to renege on or reduce the purchase commitments in the trade deal.
Yes many people have posted that already.
In my opinion this is a naturally-evolved virus, virology tech isn't as good as most posters here imagine.