The scientific consensus has been the virus was caused by deforestation and wet markets drastically increasing interspecies contact and increasing the opportunities coronavirus has had to jump from one species to another and mutate.
China's slash & burn policies have been very profitable, and needed to maintain the 5% growth they want/need. In particular they need the wet markets & deforestation to prop up the rural economies.
Blaming it on a lab blames individuals rather than systems. This keeps anyone from questioning those systems and calling for reform.
This is the result of a failure of the population to engage in critical thinking, and the sensationalist media spreading spin to enhance profits. What happens when you have several highly legitimate related problems, which are rampant because the world is a complex place? Accept a 100% failure rate at addressing the entire problem because too many people can’t focus past the two sentences of addressing the first part? News flash, just because something is less important or less likely does not mean it gets a free pass because people are stupid.
I think China would like very much (Score:4, Insightful)
The scientific consensus has been the virus was caused by deforestation and wet markets drastically increasing interspecies contact and increasing the opportunities coronavirus has had to jump from one species to another and mutate.
China's slash & burn policies have been very profitable, and needed to maintain the 5% growth they want/need. In particular they need the wet markets & deforestation to prop up the rural economies.
Blaming it on a lab
Re:I think China would like very much (Score:2, Insightful)
Blaming it on a lab blames individuals rather than systems. This keeps anyone from questioning those systems and calling for reform.
This is the result of a failure of the population to engage in critical thinking, and the sensationalist media spreading spin to enhance profits. What happens when you have several highly legitimate related problems, which are rampant because the world is a complex place? Accept a 100% failure rate at addressing the entire problem because too many people can’t focus past the two sentences of addressing the first part? News flash, just because something is less important or less likely does not mean it gets a free pass because people are stupid.