Posted on 03/27/2020 8:42:51 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Conspiracy theories claiming COVID-19 was engineered in a lab as part of a biological attack on the United States have been gaining traction online in recent weeks, but a new study on the origins of the virus has concluded that the pandemic-causing strain developed naturally.
An analysis of the evidence, according to the findings first published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine, shows that the novel coronavirus "is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus," with the researchers concluding "we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible."
Researchers concluded that the novel coronavirus is not a human creation because it does not share any "previously used virus backbone." It likely arose, the study said, from a recombination of a virus found in bats and another virus, possibly originating from pangolins, otherwise known as scaly anteaters.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
I’ve got the better part of 84 years of being lied to. I adhere to the old saw,
Don’t believe anything you hear and maybe half of what you see.
It could be a totally naturally occurring virus from bats collected in the wild for research purposes that Wuhan researchers had isolated and were studying
One of the top research fellows in the lab was the world leader in collecting bats from all over the world to study how they can simultaneously house multiple strains of highly infectious corona and other viral strains and not fall ill.
Research does not necessarily have focus on the virus itself- research can focus on how the bats have adapted to living with the multiple virus infections without getting sick
I have thought both statements
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This makes sense to me, but I am no scientist. Still..
Ah, but in today’s journalism of extremism and hatred, “conspiracy theory” is ANYTHING that the national press corpse wants derided and dismissed.
THEY apply the labels as THEY see fit.
From Yahoo news? Right.
1. This virus came from a socialist country who is paying big bucks to powerful American Democrats.
2. It came from a city with a bio-weapons lab known for working with this type of virus.
3. Joe Biden is the front-running Democratic candidate who doesn’t stand a chance of being nominated through primary elections, especially considering recent sexual assault allegations.
4. The leftist mainstream media has pushed overly hard too defend Cuomo’s recent stupid attacks blaming Trump for Cuomo’s lack of virus preparation.
The fix is in, and it’s making Americans very ill.
Interesting
Why don’t you read the article instead of giving me your expert opinion.
“You can’t change the mind of a conspiracy theorist.”
Conspiracies don’t abound?
In other words, the Russian collusion hoax materialized merely as an outgrowth of objective, unbiased investigation by concerned FBI agents and the evidence collected forced them to that conclusion.
[Yahoo news LOL]
Hey they’re only an undeclared official mouthpiece for the Democrats.
I only trust them and Brian Williams.
Brian got shot down in a helicopter in Iraq!
[Yeah I always believe Yahoo news. Not.]
Same here. In fact, they’ve been wrong so much, (read that as “they have lied so much”) I don’t trust them for anything.
For Yahoo News (LOL) everything in the “Steele dossier” was absolute fact and documented truth.
Oh yes, and those fine folks at “Good Morning America”.
Who brought you ........... THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdvOLdG_34&t=2s
“possibly originating”
These people don’t have a clue! If you can’t tell me (prove to me) WHERE it came from, then ALL other possibilities remain.
“Scientists” are NEVER wrong, until they are.
Deep state moves quickly to coverup.
“Study”.
“....”we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible.”
So they are saying when we can create life, travel to other planets, alter DNA, cross pollinate plants and animals, and communicate light years away from our rock, that a laboratory built to create and alter chemical and biological weapons can’t alter a virus they have been studying for years?
I’m a little confused. They said they were studying the origin. No one said the virus was created in a lab like their study claims. And they admit the origin was in the surrounding area of the bio/chem lab at Wuhan. And that the virus, in it’s previous form has been there for years. The Chinese are the biggest sellers of bio/chem weapons in the world. That point ought to help.
rwood
C19 bump for later......
Or shutting down our economy. Oh, wait.
Yahoo News, and Good Morning America? Thanks, but I’ll wait for a more reliable source.
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