Comments by "Cinderball" (@cinderball1135) on "Dozens more infected with Coronavirus on cruise ship - as David and Sally Abel explain" video.

So many dumb conspiracy theories swilling around the internet, regarding this virus. - China is not suppressing news about the outbreak this time. If they had, you wouldn't know about it yet. - the mortality rate is not as high as 15% (it's currently thought to be around 2%; twice as severe as seasonal flu). - it isn't a bioweapon (see its pathetic mortality rate) - it almost certainly didn't come from snakes (duh.) What it is is a massive opportunity for news organisations to get eyeballs glued to mobile phone screens.
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Scaremongering like this is going to do more harm than good.
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@Anita Hanjaab I dare you to show me your source for that.
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@rayray2613 A bioweapon isn't a poor man's nuke - it's a very rich man's suicide button. They would take trillions of dollars to develop, and would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to control. Think about it, which of these scenarios is more likely? - A virus makes a leap from an animal host to a human one, in an unsanitary street market in China, where thousands of people have unprotected contact with raw meat. - An impoverished nation magically develops a powerful bioweapon using its non-existent scientific capability, and then uses it to attack its nearest and largest ally. If anybody was actually going to release a bioweapon, you know what they'd actually do? They'd break into the labs holding the last samples of the Smallpox virus, and they'd release that back into circulation. That would be how you did it. Far more cost-effective, and a virus that's proven to work.
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@heedwiig I think in this case, China's government was open about it, and that's what's caused the paranoia. "If they're telling us all this, what's the bad news they're trying to hide?"
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@henrietta9206 Believe me, I don't enjoy writing what I wrote. As humans, we're hard-wired to crave simple, pithy explanations for complicated situations. It hurts us when the truth refuses to do us the courtesy of being simple and straightforward. :) More power to you though for actually changing your mind. That makes you a rare specimen on the internet! Kudos!
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@shananigans6154 Panic buying is the reason that the food would have run out in the first place. It alone can cause a crisis where there wasn't otherwise going to be one.
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@rayray2613 When we are still alive in five years' time, and there's another health scare on the horizon, I hope you will think back on this conversation, and think twice before posting such piffle.
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