|
|
Post by TheMark on Mar 23, 2020 20:37:40 GMT
Remember, the pathology about this strain that has everyone freaked out is you can be contagious without showing symptoms. That would be objective #1 for a bioweapon. The only thing that's missing is being consistently lethal against all age demographics. We are currently lucky that 99% of the dead are 50+ and usually with co-morbid conditions.
But don't worry, it can still mutate that way.
|
|
biker
New Member
Posts: 19
|
Post by biker on Mar 24, 2020 21:42:12 GMT
The Washington Times? Really? Give me a half dozen corroborating stories from a wide range of media outlets and I just might, MIGHT mind you, buy into that one.
And sorry..... No bioweapons lab is going to engineer a virus that's able to be passed with no symptoms. You want immediate results, and you want the majority of those results to result in severe illness or even fatalities. That isn't the case with Covid-19, with the majority of cases being mild.
You may want to stop drinking the Kool Aid.
|
|
|
|
Post by TheMark on Mar 26, 2020 3:02:59 GMT
The Washington Times? Really? Give me a half dozen corroborating stories from a wide range of media outlets and I just might, MIGHT mind you, buy into that one. And sorry..... No bioweapons lab is going to engineer a virus that's able to be passed with no symptoms. You want immediate results, and you want the majority of those results to result in severe illness or even fatalities. That isn't the case with Covid-19, with the majority of cases being mild. You may want to stop drinking the Kool Aid. 1. I will trust the Washington Times before I trust the Washington COMPost... 2. You are totally incorrect. If you're making a bioweapon, you want several things: First, easily transmissible, person-to-person. Airborne is too unpredictable. Second, you want it to be transmissible before showing symptoms so it spreads wide and fast because the asymptomatic people aren't aware they're spreading it. Third, once symptoms start, the illness is severely debilitating even after you "recover" (think Malaria) and eventually a high fatality rate. Hopefully after a 2-3 week decline, again to overwhelm the medical capacity.
We went to a 5.56mm round from the .30 because the infantryman could carry more rounds and also reduce enemy fatalities. A wounded man who cannot fight will also take 1-2 other fighters away from the battle as stretcher bearers and flood the battlefield aid stations. The dead can wait until after the shooting stops.
This would actually be a great bioweapon because it is overwhelming our medical capacity. The downside is it's only getting to be severe in elderly people with co-morbid conditions. It's easier to be morally ambiguous when deciding between a 40 year-old and an 80 year-old when both need ventilators.
You and I will never know if this was a natural mutation or an accidental release from that facility. If it was an intentional release, it should have been a 12 Monkeys kind of thing, simultaneously everywhere but China.
|
|
|
|
Post by Leon on Mar 27, 2020 13:44:12 GMT
Am with Biker. WT is trash source. WP is definitely biased but they are not from the extremes.
|
|
|
|
Post by Shinytop on Mar 27, 2020 15:16:34 GMT
Bias with intelligent examination of the facts is not a bad thing.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arc on Mar 27, 2020 18:10:44 GMT
Am with Biker. WT is trash source. WP is definitely biased but they are not from the extremes. The WP and WT are equal in their extremism and bias. They are just opposite in the direction of their bias and agenda. |
|
|
|
Post by TheMark on Mar 28, 2020 21:19:44 GMT
Am with Biker. WT is trash source. WP is definitely biased but they are not from the extremes. The WP and WT are equal in their extremism and bias. They are just opposite in the direction of their bias and agenda. I can agree with that.
|
|
|
|
Post by piobaireachd on Mar 29, 2020 15:48:06 GMT
I have a problem believing ANY mass media anymore. It seems that they've all been bought. The only newspaper that I subscribe and read is the WSJ and it has it's own issues.
|
|
|
|
Post by Leon on Mar 29, 2020 20:45:34 GMT
WSJ out of them all is better but they do have a corporate bias.
There really isn't ANY unbiased sources. The Joseph Ugeretz of the world have won.
|
|
|
|
Post by sixofnine on Mar 29, 2020 22:45:41 GMT
WSJ out of them all is better but they do have a corporate bias. There really isn't ANY unbiased sources. The Joseph Ugeretz of the world have won. So we read both ends of the spectrum and make our own decisions. |
|
|
|
Post by piobaireachd on Mar 30, 2020 2:21:22 GMT
WSJ out of them all is better but they do have a corporate bias. There really isn't ANY unbiased sources. The Joseph Ugeretz of the world have won. So we read both ends of the spectrum and make our own decisions. Our two local newspapers are just the media outlet of the County Democrats. |
|
|
|
Post by TheMark on Mar 30, 2020 3:59:43 GMT
WSJ out of them all is better but they do have a corporate bias. There really isn't ANY unbiased sources. The Joseph Ugeretz of the world have won. So we read both ends of the spectrum and make our own decisions. Actually, I looked at it several months ago, when I quote news organizations as sources for my blog, I generally use Dem-biased orgs more than Republican. Not much, call it 60/40 or so. |
|
