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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: YouAreLiedTo
That's not the case. I know it's sexier to think that it must be a bio-lab because China presents a sleek, modern face to the world, but the reality is that in many places it is second or even third world.
It has a ton of people all living packed in on top of each other *and* a ton of animals doing the same. The conditions are perfect for this to happen all on its own over there. India is another place where these conditions are also present. Africa and places in the South American continent also have similar opportunities.
And while this video addresses more the question of why Europeans passed disease to Native Americans while they had no major diseases to pass back, it also illustrates that in the past, the Western world had the same conditions you see in these same places existing in our cities, and lo and behold, it was us that cooked up the great plagues in those days. *our* cities had the conditions that we see in Chinese and African cities today, so we had the breeding grounds for pathogens.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: YouAreLiedTo
Dude. Unless you can show where that information came from its a conspiracy theory.
Nice to play with the idea so we can all star in our own personal survival movie.
Viruses do cross species. Which is why bird or swine flu exists in the human population.
Though it is commonly referred to simply as 'the flu', the actual virus going around each year is always different. It is an ever-changing virus.
The CDC predicts that at least 12,000 Americans will die from the flu in any given year. As many as 61,000 people died in the 2017-2018 flu season, and 45 million were infected. And it's even worse when a new type of flu virus emerges, mutated into a form against which humans have limited immunity
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: YouAreLiedTo
Because the HIV medicine is an anti-viral medication. All that means is that it interferes with something a virus does to attack the cell. They are using those medications on a compassionate care basis, meaning they think it may interfere with something this virus does. They don't think this virus is AIDS. You'll note they're also trialing an anti-malarial medication too, and it has shown some potential. Do you also think this is a parasite like malaria?
Doctors use medications in patients that are contra to their approved purpose all the time to treat other conditions. I am on an anti-seizure medication for migraine. I have also used an anti-depressant and an anti-hypertension med for the same purpose. I do not have seizures, high blood pressure or depression.
The reality is that before the advent of HIV, our only real antiviral medications were vaccines and they are strain specific. HIV forced the research into medications that actually interfered with viral action in the cell and in the body attacking the cell. So many of our anti-virals are from that research and it's a limited field.
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: YouAreLiedTo.
Dude. Unless you can show where that information came from its a conspiracy theory.
Nice to play with the idea so we can all star in our own personal survival movie.
Viruses do cross species. Which is why bird or swine flu exists in the human population.
Exactly I got into an argument because my azzhat sister was saying "it's man-made it's man-made" no it's not it came from the wet market and China's poor hygiene, eating habits and crappy communist government all made it worse. No where halfway legit is reporting its man-made unless you believe godlike productions.
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
Buuuuuuull#.
The biolab in Wuhan that literally specializes in bioweapons and coronavirus research would be my first guess.