Just a naturally occurring mutation of a coronavirus? Unlikely.
An accidental virus crossover to humans from a Chinese wet market? Perhaps.
An accidental escape of the virus from a Wuhan laboratory? Possible.
Were Chinese scientists considering the coronavirus as a biological weapon? Certainly.
An accidental escape from a Chinese biological weapons program? Possible.
An intentional release of the virus as a biological weapons test? Unlikely
Just another conspiracy theory? Hardly.
Chinese Scientists Discussed Weaponising Coronavirus In 2015
A Chinese scientific paper titled “The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons” suggested that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons.
Beijing: A document written by Chinese scientists and health officials before the pandemic in 2015 states that SARS coronaviruses were a “new era of genetic weapons” that could be “artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed, reported Weekend Australian.
The paper titled The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons suggested that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons. The document revealed that Chinese military scientists were discussing the weaponisation of SARS coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic. The report by Weekend Australian was published in news.com.au.Peter Jennings, the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), told news.com.au that the document is as close to a “smoking gun” as we’ve got. “I think this is significant because it clearly shows that Chinese scientists were thinking about military application for different strains of the coronavirus and thinking about how it could be deployed,” Jennings said. “It begins to firm up the possibility that what we have here is the accidental release of a pathogen for military use,” Jennings added.
He also said that the document may explain why China has been so reluctant for outside investigations into the origins of COVID-19.
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This is not a new theory. By the criteria used for determining what makes a good biological weapon, Covid- 19 is not the best possible.
……. Overall, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has some “desirable” properties as a bioweapon, but probably not enough to make it a good choice for military purposes. Regardless, it has certainly reminded us of our vulnerabilities as a society to a new pathogen, and how crippling a pandemic can be, as we continue to watch the entire world grappling with how to contain it. ………
Will China ever be held accountable? Hardly.
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