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The Chinese sure acted like it was a possibility that it came from their own lab - their initial reaction was to downplay and cover up.
Unless I'm missing something, is there any non-circumstantial evidence that this is true? All I've seen for the past year(!) is "it's not a coincidence that these two things happened in the same place" - which isn't science.
This makes the assumption that the overall stakes are even. What if Alex Jones puts up 100K that boiled frog eyes cure COVID? He could be absurdly wrong, but the additional credibility offered by this may let him sell a million dollars more of boiled frog eyes.
The problem is, there is going to be virtually no research on whether boiled frog eyes are a cure for covid, so it is next to impossible to challenge the claim and made all the more difficult by the potential for human error and the risk involved noted in the challenge.
The Chinese sure acted like it was a possibility that it came from their own lab - their initial reaction was to downplay and cover up.
They're probably receiving >$100k worth of attention by making this claim so... I'd like to see more zeroes in the wager.
I’m also convinced that that is the case.
1. Authoritarianism is glorified and justified with lockdowns, arbitrary rules, and tracking.
2. European societies which 'just aren't authoritarian enough' are plunged into chaos.
3. The economic problems of China caused by tariffs are forgotten.
4. The necessity of mail-in ballots assists the deposal of an Anti-Chinese American president, replaced by one who has corrupt business dealings with China.