Is there any weird conspiratorial stuff evidencing that Omicron could be a bioweapon?
The non-sequitur is that it is ENTIRELY divorced from all other lineages, branching off in early 2020. Yet the first we saw it was a month or so ago.
I saw one article talking about how it came from mice. But it still feels...suspect that it would take two years for us to get a mouse strain, when these rodents are living in literally everybody's houses 24/7, in extremely cramped high density dens, always coming out for food and spewing their breath in our kitchen, and they're also the most human-like animal outside of the primate family.
Like if you were a scientist in August 2021, and you were asked "are we in danger of covid jumping from mice to humans" I feel like your answer would probably have been "probably not" after letting out an audible laugh.
Like if you were a scientist in August 2021, and you were asked “are we in danger of covid jumping from mice to humans” I feel like your answer would probably have been “probably not” after letting out an audible laugh.
Not really, cross species transmission has always been a concern. A large number of mink were killed at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic and the workers quarantined after concerns that a new COVID variant had been spawned at a mink farm. The mink and workers tested positive for said COVID 19 variant, but it was contained successfully.
Also don't see the value of South Africa or Botswana creating a bioweapon, unless Omicron came from European diplomats as Botswana have suggested.
I’m now having the mental image of Chuck Grassley being patient zero for the deer->human leap of mega-covid:
At Windsor Heights Dairy Queen for u know what after day hunting with my brother Fred. Bagged 1 deer, but sadly did not die when shot. Deer sneezed on me before put it out of mercy. Bck 2 Captl 2moro
The speculation I've seen is that Omicron is the product of a lab and released on purpose so it would out compete Delta and basically immunize everyone thus bringing the pandemic to an end
Well if you're the global bourgeoisie and you want the world economy back in full now just giving everyone post COVID symptoms in exchange for a swift end to the pandemic would be a pretty easy choice
Is there any weird conspiratorial stuff evidencing that Omicron could be a bioweapon?
The non-sequitur is that it is ENTIRELY divorced from all other lineages, branching off in early 2020. Yet the first we saw it was a month or so ago.
I saw one article talking about how it came from mice. But it still feels...suspect that it would take two years for us to get a mouse strain, when these rodents are living in literally everybody's houses 24/7, in extremely cramped high density dens, always coming out for food and spewing their breath in our kitchen, and they're also the most human-like animal outside of the primate family.
Like if you were a scientist in August 2021, and you were asked "are we in danger of covid jumping from mice to humans" I feel like your answer would probably have been "probably not" after letting out an audible laugh.
Not really, cross species transmission has always been a concern. A large number of mink were killed at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic and the workers quarantined after concerns that a new COVID variant had been spawned at a mink farm. The mink and workers tested positive for said COVID 19 variant, but it was contained successfully.
Also don't see the value of South Africa or Botswana creating a bioweapon, unless Omicron came from European diplomats as Botswana have suggested.
Good thing they killed those mink, it’d be terrible to have a widespread animal reservoir!
oh deer :deeper-sadness:
The thing is the mink had already made a mink COVID 19 variant that they passed back on to a human worker, so yeah...
Thankfully no one has got deer COVID 19 yet. Don't let any deer sneeze on you lol.
I’m now having the mental image of Chuck Grassley being patient zero for the deer->human leap of mega-covid:
At Windsor Heights Dairy Queen for u know what after day hunting with my brother Fred. Bagged 1 deer, but sadly did not die when shot. Deer sneezed on me before put it out of mercy. Bck 2 Captl 2moro
The speculation I've seen is that Omicron is the product of a lab and released on purpose so it would out compete Delta and basically immunize everyone thus bringing the pandemic to an end
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Well if you're the global bourgeoisie and you want the world economy back in full now just giving everyone post COVID symptoms in exchange for a swift end to the pandemic would be a pretty easy choice