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The Origin of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan
Tablet ^ | APRIL 06, 2020 | KHALED TALAAT

Posted on 04/07/2020 10:42:32 PM PDT by absalom01

... A much less echoed, although less radical, scenario is that the current outbreak is related to a lab accident involving disease transmission experiments intended for peaceful purposes. As mentioned earlier, coronaviruses are generally studied at biosafety level 2 and sometimes 3, including the 2003 SARS-CoV. Coronaviruses are not typically highly hazardous—the dangerous ones are not highly infectious and the highly infectious ones are not deadly. SARS-CoV-2 happens to be an exception, although it is not extremely fatal, as many other viruses are. ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; ccpvirus; chicoms; covid19; disease; lab; wuhanvirus
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1 posted on 04/07/2020 10:42:32 PM PDT by absalom01
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To: absalom01

Horse Hockey. What a tool!!!!


2 posted on 04/07/2020 10:46:09 PM PDT by DISCO
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To: absalom01

As of now, the true origins of COVID-19 need further research. Too bad a China ran by demons cannot cough up some scientific information that can give the rest of the world a way to protect from such origins.


3 posted on 04/07/2020 11:05:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: jonrick46

Brazilians Samba. Muslims massacre and dip pita in tehina. Americans start fads and watch TV. Frenchmen sip wine at bistros and recite poems. Germans engineer and drink beer. Chinese spread contagion and eat rice (and sometimes bats).


4 posted on 04/07/2020 11:22:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: DISCO

It seems that every damn deadly virus or flu comes from China, Hong Kong we need to get the hell out of there it is becoming ridiculous!!!


5 posted on 04/07/2020 11:27:49 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: absalom01

Gates makes billions off its release:

https://youtu.be/NX_6Meo9QFY


6 posted on 04/07/2020 11:29:09 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: DISCO

Who? Me?

You don’t think the ChiComs could accidentally on purpose release a deadly virus into the world?

You’re gonna hurt my feelings with talk like that!


7 posted on 04/07/2020 11:32:02 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Well, they have a wall...just need to finish it!


8 posted on 04/07/2020 11:34:27 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

It’s a disinformation piece containing generalities. Explain to me how in nature HIV genes got spliced into the RNA of the virus? Read the Indian research report. There are many other anomalies with this virus as well.


9 posted on 04/08/2020 2:37:48 AM PDT by iontheball
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In other words,this was a deliberate act.


10 posted on 04/08/2020 3:01:23 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Eleutheria5

11 posted on 04/08/2020 3:27:06 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: iontheball

“Explain to me how in nature HIV genes got spliced into the RNA of the virus?”

When a virus infects a cell, it turns it into a factory for making new viruses. When two viruses infect a cell at the same time, their genetic material might be swapped to make hybrid viruses with pieces of each.

So in this scenario, a Frankenstein virus emerges from some animal with both HIV and a cold. You can do an Internet search for “gene swapping” and “viruses”, and find some interesting articles.

That being said, as the article acknowledges, showing that the virus was not bioengineered does not also show that it didn’t come from a bioweapons laboratory. It could be a naturally occurring virus accumulated in the lab, and then released, accidentally or intentionally. That’s the most plausible explanation for the outbreak that I’ve seen so far.


12 posted on 04/08/2020 3:47:33 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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When a virus infects a cell, it turns it into a factory for making new viruses.

What happens to the cell, does it eventually die from all of the disturbance caused by the viral invasion?

13 posted on 04/08/2020 3:53:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
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“What happens to the cell, does it eventually die from all of the disturbance caused by the viral invasion?”

Yes. Nasty buggers.


14 posted on 04/08/2020 3:58:22 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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So how do we eventually recover if millions and millions of otherwise healthy cells die off?


15 posted on 04/08/2020 3:59:55 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
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To: central_va

That’s what immune systems are for. The human immune system is truly miraculous and breathtaking in its complexity and adaptability.

Also, viruses that are less deadly are the smarter ones, I think, in terms of natural selection. It’s hard to propagate your species if you insist on rushing to kill off your host.


16 posted on 04/08/2020 4:07:49 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Dumb question but why aren’t our sinuses and throat etc. covered in scar tissue post infection if so much healthy tissue dies off? I’ve always wondered about that.


17 posted on 04/08/2020 4:12:25 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn....)
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To: central_va

I think sometimes it does, but as for the reason it usually doesn’t, not sure. I would guess that usually, the tissue as a whole stays intact, and no healing is necessary.


18 posted on 04/08/2020 4:18:23 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: rightwingcrazy

It’s hard to propagate your species if you insist on rushing to kill off your host.


Tragically this never stops the DemocRats.


19 posted on 04/08/2020 4:21:39 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught (Time to lock up "Let them eat Yellow Cake" Hillary)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Been that was since the Black Death.


20 posted on 04/08/2020 4:37:41 AM PDT by Theophilus (Ich bin ein Hong Konge)
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