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womanofthehills

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18. Problem is the Trump administration was still giving money

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #17)

Fri Apr 16, 2021, 03:57 PM

Apr 2021

To EcoHealth. Trump stopped the funding for the Wuhan Lab during the end of April 2020. Just posted about the Fort Detrick story to show how mistakes can easily be made in labs - not to say Chinese story had any merit. I’m surprised people aren’t freaked out about our bio 4 research labs and why aren’t they calling for an end to this research In our Country like Obama did.

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Cnet: How the coronavirus origin story is being rewritten by a guerrilla Twitter group [View all] intrepidity Apr 2021 OP

I'm curious why you are so motivated to push the theory that covid escaped from a lab? Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #1

+1 live love laugh Apr 2021 #3

I'm intrigued by the issue, and that folks here are afraid to discuss it intrepidity Apr 2021 #4

I don't think anyone is afraid to discuss anything. Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #6

Yeah, no, it's more complex intrepidity Apr 2021 #7

Oh... it's one of those things only people Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #8

I did intrepidity Apr 2021 #9

Oh, I think you are quite certain that the virus Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #10

The US would want to cover it up too if it came from the Wujan lab womanofthehills Apr 2021 #15

Your initial assumption is dubious at best and Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #17

Problem is the Trump administration was still giving money womanofthehills Apr 2021 #18

No, I am not certain of that at all intrepidity Apr 2021 #19

Not even a little. Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #22

LOL, ok, that's funny intrepidity Apr 2021 #23

I've given this some thought and it seems like Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #24

Hey, good on you for pursuing it intrepidity Apr 2021 #25

So you're simply doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for different results...? LanternWaste Apr 2021 #29

The time delta keeps me hopeful intrepidity Apr 2021 #30

Article from 2020 WaPo- In 2018 our State Dept was worried about coronavirus escaping from the lab womanofthehills Apr 2021 #11

Well that's all I need to hear to feel a need to go out and abuse people who look remotely Chinese Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #2

Yep, that's the absurdist take on it intrepidity Apr 2021 #5

Actually - Our government was funding research at the Wujan lab thru Pater Daszak's Eco Health womanofthehills Apr 2021 #13

In March, once the WHO-China mission was complete, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director Celerity Apr 2021 #12

Interesting that Peter Daszak's Eco Health was funding the coronavirus research at the Wujan lab womanofthehills Apr 2021 #14

and meanwhile -- I believe I'll stick with the 'other' 99% stopdiggin Apr 2021 #16

Our CIA director Burns said yesterday that the WHO report is not their assessment womanofthehills Apr 2021 #20

clearly a political statement stopdiggin Apr 2021 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author stopdiggin Apr 2021 #27

Can we start referring to these idiots as bioterrorists? Initech Apr 2021 #21

Worse than you can imagine - labs doing dangerous research springing up all over world womanofthehills Apr 2021 #28