If one really wants a conspiracy theory, here is an alternative
China releases a virus, although bad, has a manageable mortality rate, rest of the world works to suppress spread, but China inoculated by wide distribution. Wait a few months, release a second virus that is much more lethal, but that infection to first virus confers immunity, distribute widely. Horror and mayhem everywhere else, but not (immune) China...
That scenario keeps me up at night...
You left out the last scenario
Russia and the United States nuke the crap out of China
I think that is pretty hard. The current virus is working much like that scenario. Many people get the virus without getting severe symptoms. They just spread it. Then there are the 20% that get the pneumonia and one in ten of those people die.
Because most of the people who are contracting the decease and dying from it are men, you can work this conspiracy theory; the Chinese government thinks they have too many adult males because of their one child policy. So they invented a virus that attacks unhealthy people and men 50% more often than women. This will cull the herd of men, bring the population in line. And since men are more likely to participate in violent protests, the government reduces that threat as well.
Me too.
You’re thinking too much. A sure sign of intelligence, but it has its downside.
Interesting take and given communism’s death toll, not entirely out of question.
Remember, Chinese are good at reverse engineering, but they do not do indpendent thought very well.
Communism has to manage “supply and demand” by periodically reducing demand, terminally if necessary.
China releases a virus, although bad, has a manageable mortality rate, rest of the world works to suppress spread, but China inoculated by wide distribution. Wait a few months, release a second virus that is much more lethal, but that infection to first virus confers immunity, distribute widely. Horror and mayhem everywhere else, but not (immune) China...
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The question is why would they do that?
At the present time China needs the rest of the world healthy to buy their crap and to steal their advanced ideas.
Next, we are already looking at the virus to see if it was a man made biological weapon. If so, and their is a second wave of this virus more deadly then the first some would considered that an act of war using weapons of mass destruction.
The United States have been clear on this for many years. Deploy weapons of mass destruction against the US and we will go nuclear!
Last point, the World Health Organization was caught sleeping with this virus. They were slow to react (and many nations are still slow to react).
If another wave of this virus begins again I suspect the response will be much quicker. The border with China will close. No airlines, no ships, no transports. China’s economy would go down the toilet.
So while I agree that the Chinese were messing with biological weapons, I don’t agree it was let lose on purpose.
At least that is my opinion on the subject based on no facts what so ever.
I remember a scene in a WC Fields movie.
He lands a biplane in China and asks “Where am I?”.
“Wuhei”
“Well, woohoo to you too.”
There’s a scientist who is quite certain this new coronavirus is engineered, due to a protein from SARS being found in this strain which is nearly impossible to have occurred naturally. The Chinese also have a patent on using this protein to put into viruses.
His name is James Lyons-Weiler
The purpose of this escaped new virus then would be as a bioweapon, or as he believes more likely, attempts to create a SARS vaccine.