Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says

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@bnew That’s all great info but you’re erroneously framing it as effects of Covid vs effects of the vaccine. That erroneously assumes if you have the vax you’ve never had or can not get Covid

We went months without knowing wtf Covid was, then over a year without a vaccine. The asymptomatic spread was immense, to the point it’s downright laughable to think just bc you never got sick means you never had it. The whole NBA had covid at one point…Half the US population has said they had it. Half! And that’s not including people who likely had it asymptomaticly. So just bc you’re vaxxed doesn’t mean you haven’t had or can’t get Covid. The overwhelming likelihood is we have all had Covid. There is no ‘study’ than can corroborate or deny that. That’s where individual discretion and thought comes into play

And it’s a vaccine, it’s not medicine right? Bc Vaccines prevent infection but DON’T “cure”, right? Ie why don’t they give HPV vaccines to adults :jbhmm: Bc once you got it you got it. So the vaccine can mitigate your side effects and mortality, but it doesn’t change the fact you still have/had Covid
 

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@bnew That’s all great info but you’re erroneously framing it as effects of Covid vs effects of the vaccine. That erroneously assumes if you have the vax you’ve never had or can not get Covid

We went months without knowing wtf Covid was, then over a year without a vaccine. The asymptomatic spread was immense, to the point it’s downright laughable to think just bc you never got sick means you never had it. The whole NBA had covid at one point…Half the US population has said they had it. Half! And that’s not including people who likely had it asymptomaticly. So just bc you’re vaxxed doesn’t mean you haven’t had or can’t get Covid. The overwhelming likelihood is we have all had Covid. There is no ‘study’ than can corroborate or deny that. That’s where individual discretion and thought comes into play

And it’s a vaccine, it’s not medicine right? Bc Vaccines prevent infection but DON’T “cure”, right? Ie why don’t they give HPV vaccines to adults :jbhmm: Bc once you got it you got it. So the vaccine can mitigate your side effects and mortality, but it doesn’t change the fact you still have/had Covid

if everybody got covid already, why are there new cases everyday? I seriously doubt I got covid since I've never experienced any of the reported symptoms.
 
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if everybody got covid already, why are there new cases everyday? I seriously doubt I got covid since I've never experienced any of the reported symptoms.
I mean again, this is just downright laughable. You do know what asymptomatic means right

And there’s new cases bc people with preexisting conditions are hit harder by it…also bc people can now test for it left n right. if you test for it that’s when you’ll find out. Most people have no reason to test (but still do it)

I feel like people are forgetting that first year before vaccines and at home testing. When hospitals were flooded and we weren’t allowed to leave the house except for essentials. The actual messaging at that time was DO NOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL unless you’re really sick. They literally acknowledged that hey some of you gon get Covid but just stay at home you’ll be aight.
 
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None of y’all actually read that article. You only read the sensationalized ass headline. They aren’t confident in their findings and 4 other agencies don’t agree with them. Parts in bold below are important

I expect better posting than this from the OP


“The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.

The Energy Department’s conclusion is the result of new intelligence and is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and oversees a network of U.S. national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.

The Energy Department made its judgment with “low confidence,” according to people who have read the classified report.
 

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None of y’all actually read that article. You only read the sensationalized ass headline. They aren’t confident in their findings and 4 other agencies don’t agree with them. Parts in bold below are important

I expect better posting than this from the OP


“The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.

The Energy Department’s conclusion is the result of new intelligence and is significant because the agency has considerable scientific expertise and oversees a network of U.S. national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.

The Energy Department made its judgment with “low confidence,” according to people who have read the classified report.
I said this and was ignored. Don’t bother.
 

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I believe the lab leak is 70/30 the truth. But the unpopular opinion here is governments can't officially accuse state actors unless you have good proof and these intelligence assessments only were decided in the past year.

Maybe there was super classified intel that they knew earlier but for the US to accuse China in 2020 and then China asks for proof and we say 'it's classified to protect methods/sources' would have been a shyt storm. Conspiracy theorists on the Chinese internet sites at the time were claiming the US planted it in Wuhan to hurt China. What if they claimed 'classified' evidence of this.

What would really be helpful is if other countries had helpful assessments. UK or EU or Japan. But honestly they are probably scared of PRC pushback.
 

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Too many coincidences to not be man made, but I want to hear actual molecular scientists speak on what they think it is

I don’t think it’s that hard to believe, but this is one of those things we will never really hear about officially
 
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I believe the lab leak is 70/30 the truth. But the unpopular opinion here is governments can't officially accuse state actors unless you have good proof and these intelligence assessments only were decided in the past year.

Maybe there was super classified intel that they knew earlier but for the US to accuse China in 2020 and then China asks for proof and we say 'it's classified to protect methods/sources' would have been a shyt storm. Conspiracy theorists on the Chinese internet sites at the time were claiming the US planted it in Wuhan to hurt China. What if they claimed 'classified' evidence of this.

What would really be helpful is if other countries had helpful assessments. UK or EU or Japan. But honestly they are probably scared of PRC pushback.
We quite literally started a war and killed millions of people in Iraq over faulty intel, so yeah the part in bold is straight up not true

We also LITERALLY l KILLED A HEAD OF STATE IN IRAN over faulty intel

Some of us didn’t just casually memory hole the bush and trump presidencies
 

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