And that's indeed the point.a fan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:56 amI'm not getting ahead of myself, and I have no interest in a vortex.
I'm responding to your assertion "if we understand how this happened, right down to what occurred on a molecular level, this can be avoided in the future. "
I'm simply pointing out that this statement is simply incorrect. We're dealing with China, not Germany. You're certainly welcome to ignore my point here.
And you just pointed out another problem. If WHO comes back and tells you that the virus couldn't have been made in a lab....are you going to believe them? No, right? So now what?
This is why I don't understand why you want an organization that you don't trust, to investigate a country you don't trust.....when if you don't like their conclusions, you're not going to believe them.
And we both know that China isn't going to do anything we say when it comes to lab work, or open air markets with all that weird uncooked food.
So you're stuck, in my opinion. No vortex required.
tech and others are hell-bent on only believing that it was developed in a lab in China...no other answer will satisfy them, no matter how valid.
Seems to me that it's entirely reasonable (regardless of source of this specific virus), and indeed actually in China's own interest (which is what really matters), to ask/expect them to improve their safety regimens in their labs and to crack down on wet markets etc, food handling, etc.
We can cajole, offer to help, but what really matters is their own recognition that it is good for them to reduce the risk and costs to their own population and economy of future outbreaks.