Well, it looks like the conspiracy theorist's assertions Covid-19 is the product of a mysterious Chinese biological warfare lab in Wuhan has bitten the dust. A study report has been published detailing findings by actual scientists (not politicians hoping to score points, or talk radio host hoping to boost ratings, or the guy at the end of the bar) and they have found, surprise, surprise, Covid-19 has a natural genesis and no evidence of human manipulation has been found:
Sorry, conspiracy theorists. Study concludes COVID-19 'is not a laboratory construct' --
https://news.yahoo.com/sorry-conspir...opstories.html
Here is a link to the actual report:
The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 --
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
This caught my eye since it flies in the face of the what the administration has said about their awareness and response to the Covid-19 crisis as it developed and seems to reinforce what some have said here as being "too little, too late":
Senator says White House turned down emergency coronavirus funding in early February --
https://news.yahoo.com/senator-says-...003319950.html
Murphy's tweet dated 5 Feb 2020:
Quote:
Just left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus. Bottom line: they aren't taking this seriously enough.
Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake. Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now.
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Its that old thing about "what was known, and when did they know it"...
Hopefully, whoever takes over next will learn from the gross errors of the current situation and the US will not have to needlessly suffer in the future due to bureaucratic bungling...
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