Rephrase the question: If the research was conducted to help us prepare for a global bat-origin coronavirus pandemic, why was the program shut down the moment just such a bat-origin coronavirus began?
You're choosing the wrong dots to connect. Sometimes things are much simpler than imagined byzantine storylines. Sometimes really simple, but astoundingly stupid, stuff happens, then complex storylines are developed to support the idea of a wildly serpentine series of events.
My storyline is very simple: Stupid people committed stupid acts. Someone goofed. The stupid people stopped what they were doing and circled the wagons to cover up the mess.
I'm not claiming there was any nefarious scheme to unleash a global pandemic. In fact, my usual answer to "conspiracy theories" is just that: no one is conspiring, they are too stupid for that. They are simply powerful people permitted through their power to allow their daily fuckwittery to have far-reaching, devastating consequences for many, many other people (unlike the daily fuckwittery of you or I).
Where is seem to wander into "conspiracy" territory is I don't think their positions should protect them from scrutiny. Apparently in 2021 that makes me some kind of Alex Jones grade nut.
Well, if you remember, Trump started China bashing. Our side put the kibosh on funding that because, "Jabber-jabber squawk - China!" China got paranoid, which was sensible of them.
Rephrase the question: If the research was conducted to help us prepare for a global bat-origin coronavirus pandemic, why was the program shut down the moment just such a bat-origin coronavirus began?
You're choosing the wrong dots to connect. Sometimes things are much simpler than imagined byzantine storylines. Sometimes really simple, but astoundingly stupid, stuff happens, then complex storylines are developed to support the idea of a wildly serpentine series of events.
My storyline is very simple: Stupid people committed stupid acts. Someone goofed. The stupid people stopped what they were doing and circled the wagons to cover up the mess.
I'm not claiming there was any nefarious scheme to unleash a global pandemic. In fact, my usual answer to "conspiracy theories" is just that: no one is conspiring, they are too stupid for that. They are simply powerful people permitted through their power to allow their daily fuckwittery to have far-reaching, devastating consequences for many, many other people (unlike the daily fuckwittery of you or I).
Where is seem to wander into "conspiracy" territory is I don't think their positions should protect them from scrutiny. Apparently in 2021 that makes me some kind of Alex Jones grade nut.
I'm just here to thank you for introducing me to the term "fuckwittery". Cheers!
Well, if you remember, Trump started China bashing. Our side put the kibosh on funding that because, "Jabber-jabber squawk - China!" China got paranoid, which was sensible of them.
False. Trump shut down the funding - AFTER China closed the database.
Trump isn't ALWAYS wrong, just frequently.