The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
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Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#2Please consider spending the ~hour or so it takes to read this. Yes, this is a repost, but I'm posting it because it hardly grabbed any attention the first couple of times people posted it. [1] [2] Yes, it's long, but it's very much worth the read.
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#3We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plenty of calls for China to do all of that. If covid is the result of Chinese negligence, the reaction and conflict across the planet over what to do about it is going to be absolutely terrible.
And let's not even begin to think what will happen if there were to be evidence that this was an intentional release.
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#4Please consider spending the ~hour or so it takes to read this. Yes, this is a repost, but I'm posting it because it hardly grabbed any attention the first couple of times people posted it. [1] [2] Yes, it's long, but it's very much worth the read. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27056327 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27062021
Sorry, I don’t read articles written by racists.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2834627
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/on-the-...
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#5We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plen…
> And let's not even begin to think what will happen if there were to be evidence that this was an intentional release.
But don't you think it's important to know this?
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#6We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plen…
It's absolutely pathetic how no matter what China does they just get a limp handed pass from people like you.
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#7We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plen…
It's absolutely pathetic how no matter what China does they just get a limp handed pass from people like you.
Please do not take HN threads straight to flamewar hell. That is a guaranteed way to ruin the thread, especially when the topic is divisive to begin with, and it damages the commons. Personal attacks aren't ok either.
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#8We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plen…
It's absolutely pathetic how no matter what China does they just get a limp handed pass from people like you.
Do you want nuclear war? Seriously, what is the appropriate response if it turned out China did this on purpose? If you cannot give an answer to this, why criticize those who see the inherent danger that you have no solution to?
Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#9Please consider spending the ~hour or so it takes to read this. Yes, this is a repost, but I'm posting it because it hardly grabbed any attention the first couple of times people posted it. [1] [2] Yes, it's long, but it's very much worth the read. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27056327 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27062021
Sorry, I don’t read articles written by racists. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2834627 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/on-the-...
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Re: The origin of Covid: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box?
#10We don't want to know. That may sound a bit glib but I think it's true. What would be the reaction if we could determine the outbreak was due to an unintentional leak? China cannot reimburse the world for the economic damage covid has caused. It cannot be held accountable for all the lives that have been lost. It cannot compensate the world for the diminished quality of life we've all suffered. But there will be plen…
If it can get people to be more cautious in the future, it is absolutely worth it.