[WarriorDiplomat]

Originally Posted by InTheBlack

I'm weighing the two possibilities. Humans can back-calculate and postulate how something could be designed, by nature or humans -- but it still might be beyond human capability to actually DO it.

There is an in between option you have ignored now and that is the fact that humans can study a virus not yet infecting large groups of people and simply help it spread under the ideal conditions...again the Chinese did not have 1 not 2 but 8 solutions to deal with it in next to no time perhaps even before it left there borders.

Would a human engineered virus have some "fingerprints?" -- if so the Scripps people looked found nothing.

If the Scripps people were looking for indicators of an abnormal biology that suggests laboratory interference then of course there would be some unusual pathologies however again see the above.


Of course our people at Ft Detrick are probably way ahead of everyone, and they are not going to say, yet.

I do agree that China has an advantage -- they are in the restart phase of their economy, and in a position to sell to the whole world. So speculation on origins makes no difference to the geopolitics.

It absolutely does make a difference and has many implications one being the shift of world power and ideology based off hyper fearful overreactions....the vehicle that will relieve us of the responsibility of freedom as we know may have arrived in the form of a virus released by the Chinese.

For future, the Feds should create warehouse space in which companies can stockpile emergency goods without paying rent or inventory tax. When needed, Govt pays usual price plus markup based on how long the goods have been idle instead of being sold immediately (ie lost opportunity costs). No price gouging.

EDIT: also a means for companies to have idle manufacturing equipment, or design for quick changeover -- without paying extra tax etc on it.

Not in a million years should the Feds be responsible for storage of goods to counter price gouging.....this is counter to the freedom of choice we value and the repercussions that follow.....asking the Feds should step in is suggesting socialism style price controls not central banking sophistication

At this point I need to ask what your actual background is besides a degreed science background and what you are hoping to learn from this site which has Doctors of the sciences Phd's, Lawyers, Physicians(Medical Doctors) on this site reading and sharing perspective.....I am trying to understand after reading your posts exactly what your objective is here because thus far it sounds like fear mongering to some.