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re: Rand Paul says new Wuhan documents show Fauci lied
Posted on 9/7/21 at 3:41 pm to 14&Counting
Posted on 9/7/21 at 3:41 pm to 14&Counting
Using viruses as a gene delivery system is nothing new. Adenovirus, Lentivirus and adeno-associated viral vector systems are commonly used in research and have been tested/explored for clinical applications such as alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and other genetic disorders. So there is an argument to be made for the value of such research.
A point made earlier that such a technology could be weaponized is certainly a possibility.
I have yet to see credible evidence of that with COVID19. I do think there is a reasonable suspicion that the lab was studying the virus and lost control of it. We know that's a formal possibility. We have BSL 2 and 3 lab designations and practices to avoid such events, but that doesn't mean they were followed or that the investigators were aware of just how transmittable this strain is.
A point made earlier that such a technology could be weaponized is certainly a possibility.
I have yet to see credible evidence of that with COVID19. I do think there is a reasonable suspicion that the lab was studying the virus and lost control of it. We know that's a formal possibility. We have BSL 2 and 3 lab designations and practices to avoid such events, but that doesn't mean they were followed or that the investigators were aware of just how transmittable this strain is.
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Posted on 9/7/21 at 4:08 pm to Wildcat1996
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A point made earlier that such a technology could be weaponized is certainly a possibility. I have yet to see credible evidence of that with COVID19.
The Chinese military was teaching about it as a means of attacking the west (USA) iirc.
Sky News Australia did a shorty on it. Let me see if I can dig it up.
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Found it:
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Documents reveal China discussed weaponisation of coronaviruses prior to pandemic May 08, 2021 - 00:29AM
Top scientists outlined their ideas in the document predicting a third world war would be fought with biological weapons.
This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 9/7/21 at 4:22 pm to Wildcat1996
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I do think there is a reasonable suspicion that the lab was studying the virus and lost control of it. We know that's a formal possibility. We have BSL 2 and 3 lab designations and practices to avoid such events, but that doesn't mean they were followed or that the investigators were aware of just how transmittable this strain is.
I would argue that they knew.
Why else would the following occur?
China ‘purged’ COVID-19 data once it realised the full scale of global pandemic
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Leaked data from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has indicated the Chinese Communist Party “purged” the database to drastically alter the country’s real COVID-19 figures according to former cyber security contractor Robert Potter.
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“Once the story became quite a bit contentious, (and) when the Chinese Communist Party realized that the coronavirus was going to become a global pandemic, they went about purging the data.”
Posted on 9/7/21 at 4:22 pm to Wildcat1996
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Using viruses as a gene delivery system is nothing new. Adenovirus, Lentivirus and adeno-associated viral vector systems are commonly used in research and have been tested/explored for clinical applications such as alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and other genetic disorders. So there is an argument to be made for the value of such research.
The problem is if a virus gets out, it can, you know, kill millions of people. So there is an argument to be made against that type of research.
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