Vae on 29/3/2020 at 20:05
I have to interject something here. It's important that we assume the Wuhan virus is just a natural mutation (which is the most likely possibility), unless we find out otherwise from credible sources. The last thing we need right now is to ramp up anxiety when the weather is bad. So please keep that in mind.
Renzatic on 29/3/2020 at 20:30
All credible sources have stated they have no reason to believe this virus was engineered.
Now, it's possible that some Chinese biotech plant could've cultivated a natural strain of coronavirus in a petri dish, allowing it to naturally mutate into something that could quickly spread throughout a human population, then releasing it to do just that, but even that's a stretch given the circumstances surrounding it. You want to assume the extreme as the last resort, when you have evidence supporting that conclusion, not as the first guess.
To start with, it's shit as a bioweapon. It infects a lot of people, sure, but its severity varies too wildly in the one portion of the population you'd want most to effect in a wartime situation: those of fighting age. They get symptoms that range from the sniffles to the worst flu they'll ever have. It rarely causes lasting harm in the 18-30 year old crowd, meaning they'll be back up and in fighting shape within a couple of weeks.
It has a greater effect on the 40-60 year old crowd, which could be good for knocking out a country's leadership, but the odds of effecting a long lasting disadvantage are still too much of a shitshoot to be a viable weapon of war.
It has a massive effect on the 60+ crowd, but they'll be cared for by the civilian population, producing no real effect on a country's ability to fight. Also, given that the death toll in that range is considerably higher than the others, it ultimately serves to free up resources for any effected nation to put towards their war effort.
Without a vaccine in place, it has just as much of a chance to infect the invading force as it does its intended target. Plus, given that coronavirus seems to mutate at about the same rate as influenza, a vaccine would only be good for protecting against the initially released strain. The longer a war goes on for, the more it becomes a liability to everyone involved.
...though it is great for kicking an economy right in the chode. Problem there is that it produces a worldwide effect, and China isn't in a good position right now to weather such a storm.
When you consider what happened in China, and the strengths and weaknesses of this virus as a bioweapon, it seems more likely that it's all down to some guy getting bit by a bat, rather than a potential weapon cultivated in a biolab.
Nicker on 29/3/2020 at 20:32
Quote Posted by Gryzemuis
You got it wrong.
It's a bio-weapon made by the Russians. They deployed it in China, to make the chinese look bad. It's no coincidence that Russia has such low infection-rates.
See, if we apply just logic, I am sure we will find out which nation is trying to destroy the world for their own benefit. They can hide nothing from us.
Hmmmm. Who knew that this conspiracy theory business could be so convoluted?
Renzatic on 29/3/2020 at 20:37
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Hmmmm. Who knew that this conspiracy theory business could be so convoluted?
There's a reason most conspiracy theories stem from very simple starting scenarios, and rarely ever consider the complications that counter the claims they're trying to prove. It's a pretty simple formula. Basically, Since A is B, then CDEFG, where A is the target, B is the effect, and CDEFG are the YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, MAN!
Nicker on 29/3/2020 at 20:47
The biggest picture is that even the conspirators don't know the full scope of the conspiracy. Only YouTube pundits do.
Renzatic on 29/3/2020 at 21:05
You can tell their level of truth exposure by how much they're glowering at the screen in the little caption shot.
Renzatic on 29/3/2020 at 21:50
THE LIBTARDS MURDERED OUR MUSIC WITH THEIR SOCIALISM!
