Covid-19 likely to be man made

Dohnjoe · 20-11-2020 11:36am

ShatterAlan wrote: »

You've never brought up explosions in buildings or Holocaust?

I think there's a misunderstanding about context here.

You wrote that people with minority views should always be listened to correct?

If that's correct, it implies we should listen to everything, including stuff like Holocaust denial. Because that's a minority view (or fringe view or whatever we want to call it).

Anyway I think we're quite far off topic here.

20-11-2020 11:46am

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Why are you bringing up explosives/explosions?

You already tried to link me to Holocaust denial.

Now you are trying to connect me with the notion of building explosions.

Why is that?

He's always trying to link people to other things.

Been on these forums for years at it, apparently.

King Mob · 20-11-2020 12:01pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

You've never brought up explosions in buildings or Holocaust?

No, I never tried to link you to believing either of those things.

I've explained why I brought those up in very clear terms.

I think you are now feigning offense because you can't directly and honestly address my points.

You say that "the minority should be listened to" but what you actually means is "you should listen to the conspiracy theories I believe."
When it comes to conspiracy theories you find distasteful (Holocaust denial), silly (flat earth) or don't want to commit to because it will make you look bad(explosive demolition at 9/11) you dismiss these out of hand without listening to the minority.
You can't provide any good reason to make the distinction between good conspiracy theories and bad ones beyond your personal preference.

Again, if this isn't the case and you do have a good reason to make the distinction, we're all ears. But so far you've kept avoiding explaining what it is.

Dohnjoe · 20-11-2020 2:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

He's always trying to link people to other things.

Been on these forums for years at it, apparently.

It's straightforward logic and reason. But those who don't use either can't respond with either.

20-11-2020 3:34pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

It's straightforward logic and reason. But those who don't use either can't respond with either.

So both of you have been on this forum for years trying to 'debunk' all conspiracy theories? You both talk alike, both believe the same thing (ie no conspiracy theories), yet still spend a lot of time on the conspiracy theories forums. So, so strange..

We've questioned before the reasons why one person would bother doing this, let alone two.

I'm start to think you're both the same person. It's the only thing that would make sense :pac:

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-11-2020 3:54pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So both of you have been on this forum for years trying to 'debunk' all conspiracy theories? You both talk alike, both believe the same thing (ie no conspiracy theories), yet still spend a lot of time on the conspiracy theories forums. So, so strange..

We've questioned before the reasons why one person would bother doing this, let alone two.

I'm start to think you're both the same person. It's the only thing that would make sense :pac:

Its simple really, conspiracy theorists are funny, they tie themselves in knots and come out with the most ridiculous things to try to make their story stick (magic mirror anyone?)

Its even funnier when you get two who have different ideas of how the conspiracy was supposed to happen, one says explosives while another says no explosive.

King Mob · 20-11-2020 4:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

So both of you have been on this forum for years trying to 'debunk' all conspiracy theories? You both talk alike, both believe the same thing (ie no conspiracy theories), yet still spend a lot of time on the conspiracy theories forums. So, so strange..

We've questioned before the reasons why one person would bother doing this, let alone two.

I'm start to think you're both the same person. It's the only thing that would make sense :pac:

Yup. You've figured it out. We're the same person who works for the government.
:rolleyes:

20-11-2020 4:40pm

King Mob wrote: »

Yup. You've figured it out. We're the same person who works for the government.
:rolleyes:

Fixed that for you. I'll be looking into this; you've been warned :pac:

King Mob · 20-11-2020 4:48pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Fixed that for you. I'll be looking into this; you've been warned :pac:

Sure buddy. Good luck with that.

20-11-2020 5:52pm

''Covid 19 likely to be man made.''

OK, that was always a theory, and truthers and conspiracy theorists don't own it and never have. Everybody wondered this. Yes everybody.

I generally dislike conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists, and I never ruled out that it was a bio-weapon.

(for that matter, neither did I go around spouting that it was/wasn't, since there's no proof either way).

So there endeth the story. CV-19 is likely to be man made. The end.

The story is that its possibly man made.
Anything else is just added on speculation. Story-time. Which is fun.

The important thing to remember is how one came to ones own theory.
Did you arrive at the conclusion through a thorough scrutiny of established facts, or did you pull a fiction from your ass/an online forum/a combination of your ass and an online forum.

Now, obviously I can elaborate on CV-19 being a manmade virus. Further it.
Say that it is an economic attack, and that its designed to target Latinos and Africans and the old and unwell, making way for young Chinese... this is due to Chinese fear of repercussions by white westerners who might find out.

There you go, there's my semi-baseless theory. Anyone can come up with a theory. It might even be right, at which point I can act all obnoxious.

Plus if its wrong I can just retreat into my ego and say that the sheeple wont listen to me and my wonderful narrative.

The best part is that its entirely free. My story about Latinos and the elderly and a fear of repercussion cost me nothing. Its my free lottery ticket.

If it wins I get to go 'see, told you so'.
If it doesn't, no cost, nobody will call me on it.

Everyone wonders these things, everyone speculates in their mind, its just that conspiracy theorists go on to blab about it, and build their identities around these common speculations.

splashuum · 04-01-2021 10:43pm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9106951/Lab-leak-credible-source-coronavirus-outbreak-says-government-official.html

Surprise surprise! China lab leak is the 'most credible' source of the coronavirus outbreak, says top US government official + National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger . Presume the usual suspects are still blaming the bats because the media told them too

mcsean2163 · 04-01-2021 10:47pm

The former head of mi6 said it shouldn't be dismissed as conspiracy yet in boards....

https://news.sky.com/story/former-head-of-mi6-says-theory-coronavirus-was-made-in-wuhan-lab-must-not-be-dismissed-as-conspiracy-12021693

splashuum · 04-01-2021 10:52pm

Buh watta bou da bats !...

mcsean2163 · 04-01-2021 11:03pm

Shi Zengli doing function gain coronavirus research on bats in Wuhan versus bats from a cave 1000 miles away in a market that didn't sell bats. Western economies destroyed and China back up and running.

Nobel laureate Luc montagnier speaks out https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Disputed-French-Nobel-winner-Luc-Montagnier-says-Covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab-laboratory
but cave say papers of note.

Honestly don't get it, I want a full and proper investigation in Wuhan but looks like it'll never happen.

Feel sorry for Dr Li who seems genuine and has destroyed her career and endangered her family to be basically told to go back home to her own country

ShatterAlan · 05-01-2021 12:39am

thebaz wrote: »

Whether this is true or not is unclear right now , shocking if it is.
But What I find totally unbelieveable are the statistics from China , the country where the virus originated, the largest country in the world , has the same number of cases as say Holland . Never mind ther military style lockdown , the virus would have run rampant throughout China in early days before ther lockdown as they would have been unaware of its existence , this did not happen except in Wuhan alone, and it has run rampant everywhere else in the world, not just in one city, that I find totally suspicious.

Russia is the largest country in the world.

ShatterAlan · 05-01-2021 12:42am

splashuum wrote: »

The most likely scenario is that the virus was taken from Chinese caves where the horseshoe bat is prevalent. The virus was then brought back to the WUHAN virology lab to study and alter. (this was admitted in various articles). It was then leaked either by accident or on purpose.

And why is that "most likely"?

splashuum · 05-01-2021 3:25am

ShatterAlan wrote: »

And why is that "most likely"?

This is the conclusion Mi5, CIA and other major government officials have come to. I’m assuming your still buying the bat soup idea?

The chan chan man · 05-01-2021 9:16am

splashuum wrote: »

This is the conclusion Mi5, CIA and other major government officials have come to. I’m assuming your still buying the bat soup idea?

Have you any credible links confirming this?

splashuum · 05-01-2021 11:34am

The chan chan man wrote: »

Have you any credible links confirming this?

Already posted in this thread.

gmisk · 05-01-2021 11:40am

splashuum wrote: »

Already posted in this thread.

No you haven't those have already been debunked

mcsean2163 · 07-01-2021 11:09pm

gmisk wrote: »

No you haven't those have already been debunked

??

Can you debunk the MI5 former boss?

https://news.sky.com/story/former-head-of-mi6-says-theory-coronavirus-was-made-in-wuhan-lab-must-not-be-dismissed-as-conspiracy-12021693

I haven't seen any of it debunked yet. Some links would be helpful.

Dohnjoe · 08-01-2021 5:28pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

??

Can you debunk the MI5 former boss?

Yes. He hasn't presented any credible evidence, so there's nothing to debunk.

A majority of scientists presently believe it was transmitted from animals, for which there is evidence. From your own article:

But the widely held view among scientists is that the novel coronavirus most likely occurred naturally.

They believe it probably passed from an animal - the prime suspect is a bat - to a human, possibly via an intermediary species, but without any genetic engineering or man-made modifications.

"There is no doubt that this was a natural event," said Dr Rachael Tarlinton, an associate professor of veterinary virology at the University of Nottingham.

mcsean2163 · 08-01-2021 8:09pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Yes. He hasn't presented any credible evidence, so there's nothing to debunk.

A majority of scientists presently believe it was transmitted from animals, for which there is evidence. From your own article:

A majority of scientists presently believe.

Beliefs are not evidence. Scientists used to believe in the corpuscular theory until Einstein et al brought forward duality. As you see a majority can be wrong.

We have an MI5 boss who speaks mandarin and you distrust him because there is no way that such a disease could have escaped from an institute with bats in it that were being used to study coronaviruses?

Dohnjoe · 08-01-2021 8:42pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

A majority of scientists presently believe.

Beliefs are not evidence. Scientists used to believe in the corpuscular theory until Einstein et al brought forward duality. As you see a majority can be wrong.

It's not a religious belief. It's based on science. So far the virus doesn't seem to have any man-made elements according to many virologists and experts who have spent months studying it. Quite the contrary it appears to be have originated in mammals/birds, and transmitted to humans

We have an MI5 boss who speaks mandarin and you distrust him because there is no way that such a disease could have escaped from an institute with bats in it that were being used to study coronaviruses?

He's one individual, and he hasn't presented any credible evidence.

King Mob · 09-01-2021 1:19am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

A majority of scientists presently believe.

Beliefs are not evidence. Scientists used to believe in the corpuscular theory until Einstein et al brought forward duality. As you see a majority can be wrong.

This only happened after very strong evidence was provided.

Duality of matter is now currently believed by a majority. Are you claiming that this truth is now somehow untrue simply because a majority believe it?

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 10:14am

King Mob wrote: »

This only happened after very strong evidence was provided.

Duality of matter is now currently believed by a majority. Are you claiming that this truth is now somehow untrue simply because a majority believe it?

Obviously not.

Several scientists with no funding from China have come out with claims that it was manmade. I've no idea whether that's true as I'm not a virologist.

Here is a very simple and obvious theory that has not been debunked.

A bat was captured with covid19, brought to the Wuhan institute of virology and studied. A scientist was infected and visited the Wuhan wet market.

A later retracted Chinese paper was published to that effect.

How on earth is that not feasible? China are now denying entry to WHO officials. That would be one of the first things I would look at if I were an investigator. Instead.... we must believe it was a bat from a cave 1000 miles away sold in a wet market that doesn't sell bats.

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 10:37am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

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Here is a very simple and obvious theory that has not been debunked.

A bat was captured with covid19, brought to the Wuhan institute of virology and studied. A scientist was infected and visited the Wuhan wet market.

A later retracted Chinese paper was published to that effect.

How on earth is that not feasible?

Evidence that this happened? name of the infected scientist? when did they go to the market? (with credible sources)

Maybe it did happen, but so far it's been a case of not much more than "it's believed to have originated in Wuhan" + "there's a lab in Wuhan" = must have been leaked by the lab

King Mob · 09-01-2021 11:31am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Obviously not.

Several scientists with no funding from China have come out with claims that if was manmade or not. I've no idea whether that's true as I'm not a virologist.

Can you provide a link to this study?
Where was it published?
What other studies also support it's conclusion?
What responses to this study did you read and what lead you to believe they were all invalid/fraudulent?

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 3:42pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Evidence that this happened? name of the infected scientist? when did they go to the market? (with credible sources)

Maybe it did happen, but so far it's been a case of not much more than "it's believed to have originated in Wuhan" + "there's a lab in Wuhan" = must have been leaked by the lab

Retracted means taken back in this instance, scrubbed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200214144447/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339070128_The_possible_origins_of_2019-nCoV_coronavirus

Obviously if there was indisputable evidence, I wouldn't have to post retracted studies.

Some details..........

WIV was the prime suspect until a mysterious paper, released on ResearchGate in early February, pointed at the possibility of an infection acquired from the Wuhan Centre for Disease Control. Indeed, its close proximity to the Huanan Seafood Market - less than 3 miles away - combined with its lower BSL rating (BSL-2), also makes it a likely candidate.

The paper was released by Botao Xiao and Lei Xiao, from the South China University of Technology. It has since been redacted from ResearchGate.

Botao Xiao and Lei Xiao’s profiles also appear to have disappeared from ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Botao_Xiao leads to a directory search page.

According to Google Scholar, Botao Xiao has published peer reviewed papers in the fields of "Biophysics, Synthetic Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics":

Nothing strange about that?

It's really weird that people have concocted so many stories around the obvious. Somehow communist dictatorship China messed up and rather than stop the spread early they let planes to leave Wuhan, while restricting Chinese nationals movement within China. Taiwan warned, WHO ignored.

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 3:50pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Retracted means taken down.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200214144447/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339070128_The_possible_origins_of_2019-nCoV_coronavirus

Obviously if there was indisputable evidence, I wouldn't have to post retracted studies.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/scientists-strongly-condemn-rumors-and-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-coronavirus

A group of 27 prominent public health scientists from outside China is pushing back against a steady stream of stories and even a scientific paper suggesting a laboratory in Wuhan, China, may be the origin of the outbreak of COVID-19. “The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins,” the scientists, from nine countries, write in a statement published online by The Lancet yesterday.

Earlier this year Covid cases spread from minks to humans in Denmark
https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-november-2020-mink-associated-sars-cov2-denmark/en/

Since June 2020, 214 human cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Denmark with SARS-CoV-2 variants associated with farmed minks, including 12 cases with a unique variant, reported on 5 November. All 12 cases were identified in September 2020 in North Jutland, Denmark.

Do we 100% know where it came from? No (not yet)
Is it man-made? little or no credible evidence
Was it transmitted from animals? highly likely
Was it secretly leaked from the lab in Wuhan? little or no direct evidence

The current consensus is that someone contracted it from birds/mammals in China and it spread from there (like many similar viruses)

thatsmighty · 09-01-2021 3:53pm

People want to believe it was man made, as we believe we are the center of the universe and that we have more control than we actually do.

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 3:59pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/scientists-strongly-condemn-rumors-and-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-coronavirus

Earlier this year Covid cases spread from minks to humans in Denmark
https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-november-2020-mink-associated-sars-cov2-denmark/en/

Do we 100% know where it came from? No (not yet)
Is it man-made? little or no credible evidence
Was it transmitted from animals? highly likely
Was it secretly leaked from the lab in Wuhan? little or no direct evidence

The current consensus is that someone contracted it from birds/mammals in China and it spread from there (like many similar viruses)

The authors put forward the theory, accident followed by cover up.

Your link:

“We’re in the midst of the social media misinformation age, and these rumors and conspiracy theories have real consequences, including threats of violence that have occurred to our colleagues in China,” Daszak, a disease ecologist, told ScienceInsider. “We have a choice whether to stand up and support colleagues who are being attacked and threatened daily by conspiracy theorists or to just turn a blind eye. I’m really proud that people from nine countries are able to rapidly come to their defense and show solidarity with people who are, after all, dealing with horrific conditions in an outbreak.”

Showing solidarity I'd not the same as showing evidence. Oh I'm tired. Bye for now.

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 4:13pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

The authors put forward the theory, accident followed by cover up.

Yes, in one paper which was not taken very seriously. Light on direct details and substantiated evidence. In contrast to that there are many papers and significant evidence that the virus was transmitted from animals

I've actually seen this conspiracy evolve from:

1. It's man-made and deliberately released from a Chinese lab

to

2. It's man-made and accidentally released from a Chinese lab

to

3. It's not man-made and was accidentally released from a Chinese lab

All three using the same evidence and one paper. It's not impossible, but it's weak as hell.

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 4:34pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Yes, in one paper which was not taken very seriously. Light on direct details and substantiated evidence. In contrast to that there are many papers and significant evidence that the virus was transmitted from animals

I've actually seen this conspiracy evolve from:

1. It's man-made and deliberately released from a Chinese lab

to

2. It's man-made and accidentally released from a Chinese lab

to

3. It's not man-made and was accidentally released from a Chinese lab

All three using the same evidence and one paper. It's not impossible, but it's weak as hell.

The paper I linked was 3 on your list and posted in February. So you must be reading in reverse order because 3 was the first legitimate theory.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200214144447/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339070128_The_possible_origins_of_2019-nCoV_coronavirus

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 4:46pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

The paper I linked was 3 and posted in February. So you must be reading in reverse order because 3 was the first legitimate theory.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200214144447/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339070128_The_possible_origins_of_2019-nCoV_coronavirus

Fine, if you are proposing this theory, can you please address the below questions:

1. When was it leaked from the lab?
2. What was the name or names of the scientist(s)?
3. Was it man-made or animal transmitted?
4. If animal transmitted, how do we know the scientist(s) were affected?

With evidence for each.

This theory has been put forward many times here, and each time it's incredibly vague. It's basically along the lines of: "there's a lab in Wuhan, virus came from lab" and that's literally it. No, don't ask me to read the paper or "google it" thanks, if we have the most elementary of details then the above (at a very minimum) should be addressable or answerable.

Again, I am not claiming it's impossible, but I am claiming it's details are so vague and sparse that it's pretty much unacceptable in it's current state.

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 6:14pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Fine, if you are proposing this theory, can you please address the below questions:

1. When was it leaked from the lab?
2. What was the name or names of the scientist(s)?
3. Was it man-made or animal transmitted?
4. If animal transmitted, how do we know the scientist(s) were affected?

With evidence for each.

This theory has been put forward many times here, and each time it's incredibly vague. It's basically along the lines of: "there's a lab in Wuhan, virus came from lab" and that's literally it. No, don't ask me to read the paper or "google it" thanks, if we have the most elementary of details then the above (at a very minimum) should be addressable or answerable.

Again, I am not claiming it's impossible, but I am claiming it's details are so vague and sparse that it's pretty much unacceptable in it's current state.

Address your questions to the author of the paper.

I'm afraid I don't have the time to do your investigation for you.

There's a resource on GitHub that might help in your investigations.

https://project-evidence.github.io/

Good luck.

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 6:28pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Address your questions to the author of the paper.

I'm afraid I don't have the time to do your investigation for you.

Sorry no. You are proposing this theory. If you haven't bothered to read up the paper or anything else on it and can't give even a basic timeline for it, then don't just info-dump on other people and say "read up on it"

I've wasted my time with many Covid CT's here.

It's very simple, provide the basic details/timeline for this conspiracy and we can move from there. If not, then I have no idea why you believe something you can't detail beyond "there's a lab in Wuhan, it must have come from there".

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 6:55pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Sorry no. You are proposing this theory. If you haven't bothered to read up the paper or anything else on it and can't give even a basic timeline for it, then don't just info-dump on other people and say "read up on it"

I've wasted my time with many Covid CT's here.

It's very simple, provide the basic details/timeline for this conspiracy and we can move from there. If not, then I have no idea why you believe something you can't detail beyond "there's a lab in Wuhan, it must have come from there".

I haven't proposed anything. I've read the GitHub article and a lot more around it.

I think the questions they raise are interesting and should be answered.

I've given you some leads and it's up to you what you want to do. I have a masters degree and it's like someone asking me to explain an advanced concept from my thesis that has no knowledge of the domain. If you read up and want help fine, if you want me to write a research paper for you free of charge, not right now.

Haraldkare · 09-01-2021 7:05pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/scientists-strongly-condemn-rumors-and-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-coronavirus

Earlier this year Covid cases spread from minks to humans in Denmark
https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-november-2020-mink-associated-sars-cov2-denmark/en/

Do we 100% know where it came from? No (not yet)
Is it man-made? little or no credible evidence
Was it transmitted from animals? highly likely
Was it secretly leaked from the lab in Wuhan? little or no direct evidence

The current consensus is that someone contracted it from birds/mammals in China and it spread from there (like many similar viruses)

I note how you switch from 'little or no credible evidence' to 'highly likely'.

Is 'highly likely' linked to more evidence than 'little or less credible evidence'?

mcsean2163 · 09-01-2021 10:03pm

Nymag sums things up nicely.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html

There is no direct evidence for these zoonotic possibilities, just as there is no direct evidence for an experimental mishap — no written confession, no incriminating notebook, no official accident report. Certainty craves detail, and detail requires an investigation. It has been a full year, 80 million people have been infected, and, surprisingly, no public investigation has taken place. We still know very little about the origins of this disease.

For me, it is appalling that all lines of enquiry are not being fully investigated, especially as the vaccine work is done. It's appalling that this discussion topic is in conspiracies. Every effort should be put into ensuring a virus worse than covid19 doesn't suddenly appear.

Dohnjoe · 09-01-2021 10:07pm

Haraldkare wrote: »

I note how you switch from 'little or no credible evidence' to 'highly likely'.

Is 'highly likely' linked to more evidence than 'little or less credible evidence'?

Yes

This subject has been discussed at length on this forum, the current overwhelming consensus among scientists, experts, virologists and the intelligence community is that the virus is not man-made, that hasn't changed. As if to underscore the point, as mentioned previously, a variant made the leap from minks to humans in Denmark this year.

"No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440

"CLAIM: COVID-19 is a man-made virus intentionally manufactured in a lab and released to the public.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Scientists say the molecular structure of SARS-CoV-2 rules out the possibility that the virus was created in a lab."
https://apnews.com/article/9391149002

https://www.asianscientist.com/2020/06/features/coronavirus-origin-not-man-made/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-intelligence-idUSKBN22C2PN
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-not-human-made-in-lab.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/virologists-vigorously-debunk-study-origins-coronavirus/story?id=71097846

mcsean2163 · 10-01-2021 1:54am

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Yes

This subject has been discussed at length on this forum, the current overwhelming consensus among scientists, experts, virologists and the intelligence community is that the virus is not man-made, that hasn't changed. As if to underscore the point, as mentioned previously, a variant made the leap from minks to humans in Denmark this year.

"No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440

"CLAIM: COVID-19 is a man-made virus intentionally manufactured in a lab and released to the public.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Scientists say the molecular structure of SARS-CoV-2 rules out the possibility that the virus was created in a lab."
https://apnews.com/article/9391149002

https://www.asianscientist.com/2020/06/features/coronavirus-origin-not-man-made/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-intelligence-idUSKBN22C2PN
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-not-human-made-in-lab.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/virologists-vigorously-debunk-study-origins-coronavirus/story?id=71097846

Nobel prize winner says made in a lab.

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Disputed-French-Nobel-winner-Luc-Montagnier-says-Covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab-laboratory

So too does Dr Li Meng.

You sound very certain. I am very uncertain. I don't know the truth and I'd like a proper investigation in China.

I have no idea what you want.

Everyone to shut up about the mystery of the origin? Or everyone to agree with a theory not backed proof and not question why the labs in Wuhan were scrubbed and why the WHO still has not been permitted to investigate?

You're clearly not expert enough to read Dr Li Meng's paper and therefore decide for yourself. I don't get it

What is it you want?

King Mob · 10-01-2021 2:22am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Nobel prize winner says made in a lab.

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Disputed-French-Nobel-winner-Luc-Montagnier-says-Covid-19-was-made-in-a-lab-laboratory

This is an argument from authority.
Why does it matter what a nobel prize winner believes?
Nobel prize winners can believe all sorts of wacky stuff. Just because they have a Nobel prize in one particular subject, it doesn't mean they are an infallibly wise sage.

For example this guy believes a lot of bizarre stuff about bacteria producing radio waves and believes in homoepathy.

On the flip side, there's thousands of experts, all of which are as qualified as him, who claim that covid is not man made. Why should we listen to this one guy over them?
Are the other experts just all bad at their jobs or corrupt?

mcsean2163 · 10-01-2021 10:38am

King Mob wrote: »

This is an argument from authority.
Why does it matter what a nobel prize winner believes?
Nobel prize winners can believe all sorts of wacky stuff. Just because they have a Nobel prize in one particular subject, it doesn't mean they are an infallibly wise sage.

For example this guy believes a lot of bizarre stuff about bacteria producing radio waves and believes in homoepathy.

On the flip side, there's thousands of experts, all of which are as qualified as him, who claim that covid is not man made. Why should we listen to this one guy over them?
Are the other experts just all bad at their jobs or corrupt?

Luc is not the only scientist to assert that covid19 is man made. The ones that have done so have been pillored.

I don't know what is truly happened but I don't like the indisputable facts .

1. Taiwan warned WHO that the virus was human to human transmissible, the WHO ignored the warning until weeks later when China confirmed.

2. China prevented an investigation by WHO.

3. The only biolab in China studying gain of function coronavirus research is in Wuhan and has links with scientific research worldwide.

Good article here on the biolab

https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most-dangerous-pathogens-1.21487

Can you imagine how the world would react if it was the biolab? Do you think the scientists working on similar research would be applauded?

I would like a full official investigation into the origin of the worst Pandemic in 21st century. Is that too much to ask?

King Mob · 10-01-2021 10:48am

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Luc is not the only scientist to assert that covid19 is man made. The ones that have done so have been pillored.

But you've dodged my questions.

Why does it matter that he's a nobel prize winner? Why did you bring this up?
Was it just as an argument from authority?

Why do you trust him on this claim when he also claims some wacky stuff like DNA having radio emissions and homoepathy working? Do you believe these claims also?

And again, why do you disregard and ignore the other scientists, equally as qualified as him, who all agree that the virus is not man made?
Do you believe that all of these scientists are just bad at their job? Or do you believe they are all part of some global conspiracy to cover up the fact the virus is man made?

mcsean2163 · 10-01-2021 11:56am

King Mob wrote: »

But you've dodged my questions.

Why does it matter that he's a nobel prize winner? Why did you bring this up?
Was it just as an argument from authority?

Why do you trust him on this claim when he also claims some wacky stuff like DNA having radio emissions and homoepathy working? Do you believe these claims also?

And again, why do you disregard and ignore the other scientists, equally as qualified as him, who all agree that the virus is not man made?
Do you believe that all of these scientists are just bad at their job? Or do you believe they are all part of some global conspiracy to cover up the fact the virus is man made?

I brought it up to show scientific opinion is not uniform. Confirmation bias is not just made up.

I have complely answered your the question.

You have not answered mine.

King Mob · 10-01-2021 12:06pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

I brought it up to show scientific opinion is not uniform.

But no one's arguing otherwise.
And it doesn't really explain why you brought up the fact he's a nobel prize winner.
Nor does it explain why why should take his claim any more seriously than his claims about DNA radio signals and homeopathy.

Honestly, I think you brought it up as an argument from authority and thought that his status as a nobel prize winner would sound impressive.

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Confirmation bias is not just made up.

Yes. As we have since where conspiracy theorists have been only listening to fringe scientists who claim things that aren't backed up by evidence.

mcsean2163 wrote: »

I have complely answered your the question.

You have not answered mine.

No sorry, you've not answered any of them.
You've not explained why you brought the fact that this guy was a nobel prize winner.
You have not explained why you believe his claims.
You have not explained the discrepancy between this claims and his other unscientific claims.
You have not stated whether or not you believe those other claims.
You have not explained why you discount the majority of scientists who believe and argue that the virus is not man made.

And then, I don't see any questions from you that you've actually asked.

Dohnjoe · 10-01-2021 2:15pm

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Luc is not the only scientist to assert that covid19 is man made. The ones that have done so have been pillored.

As mentioned many times in these threads, there are will always be isolated experts with different views, e.g. there is a group of doctors and physicians who don't believe vaccines work.

The key is always to look at the consensus.

If 1000 experts maintain X and 4 maintain Y, then, to the best of our knowledge, X is the strongest theory

Likewise if that is 600 and 400 respectively.

In the case of whether Covid is man-made or natural, the overwhelming number of scientists, virologists and experts maintain that it is natural. This is backed up by a large weight of evidence.

ShatterAlan · 13-01-2021 12:19pm

Dohnjoe wrote: »

As mentioned many times in these threads, there are will always be isolated experts with different views, e.g. there is a group of doctors and physicians who don't believe vaccines work.

The key is always to look at the consensus.

If 1000 experts maintain X and 4 maintain Y, then, to the best of our knowledge, X is the strongest theory

Likewise if that is 600 and 400 respectively.

In the case of whether Covid is man-made or natural, the overwhelming number of scientists, virologists and experts maintain that it is natural. This is backed up by a large weight of evidence.

And as has been excruciatingly explained to you ad nauseum is the fact that the consensus has been wrong in the past

Dohnjoe · 13-01-2021 12:53pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

And as has been excruciatingly explained to you ad nauseum is the fact that the consensus has been wrong in the past

Not really no, and that's a bad argument.

If we want to know whether this virus is man-made or natural we look at the current scientific consensus. Why? because to the best of our knowledge that is most likely to be correct. It doesn't mean it's infallible, in fact, expert consensus can and has changed in the past, that's because new information and evidence can come to light.

The current overwhelming scientific view is that this virus is natural.

As mentioned there are always isolated "experts" on Youtube claiming all sorts of things. People with extreme views or bad logic consistently cling to the views of those individual experts, whilst ignoring the consensus.

Covid-19 likely to be man made

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