Anglin has gone back and forth on the possible lab origin of the Coronavirus. First (like in February) he pointed to evidence in favor of this and suggested it probably is a bioweapon. Later he would argue it's a virus strain commonly associated with flu with normal flu lethality and therefore probably not a lab virus (and at this time when asked he admitted it still could be both). Now he seems to be favoring the lab origin, again.
I think lab origin is likely since they had models charted out for a contagious respiratory virus before the outbreak began, not to mention all of the sweeping, ubiquitous propaganda all came out at once and coordinated so well. Though barring some colossal slip-up no one will ever know. The very best we can expect from any dialogue about this is different parties using lab origin theories to push bullshit agendas anyway.
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Worth noting that lab origin doesn't make it particularly deadly (though I'm sure spooky people will probably hypothesize it could). But it does possibly allow whoever released it to control the timing of the virus.
People are going to say China did it. But did China take all our rights away under the guise of keeping us safe? If it was China, then it's just a wonderful coincidence that the west decided to collectively shoot itself in the foot in the name of staying safe and healthy.
Anglin isn't a biochemical engineer, so he can make speculations like the rest of us. But I think the virus was made in a lab. Just a few months before the outbreak, in Greece they passed legislation about compulsory vaccinations and the like, as if they knew what was coming.
Yeah, and I tend to see extremely technical arguments bog things down rather than clarify.
If one was trying to muddy the waters you could prescribe this approach:
Condescension ('you obviously know nothing about x') followed by some bullshit argument centered around technical minutiae.
Easy way to get someone arguing with you about shit they don't understand (and you don't have to either), instead of having them point out the more obvious supporting evidence.
I see it often.
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