The delta variant supposedly doubles the risk of hospitalization. It could also be (non-self) selecting for "longer incubation, more contagious, more deadly."
If it is a biological weapon being deliberately used, it will just be set loose.
I'm thinking it was a weapon under development by China that accidentally got out and they went berserk because they weren't sure what it was that escaped.
Also, in the early days of the pandemic I saw a breaking story on BBC World about seven Chinese nationals that illegally flew through Iran to avoid travel restrictions. I can no longer find this story. Does anyone know where to find it?
There is plenty about all of this that is not fully explained. And lots of stuff does not always follow the expected model.
This was an engineered virus. Whether it was a bioweapon or these morons were just super-charging a virus for "Gain of Function" "research" I do not know. Whether it was released intentionally or not I do not know. Whether only one virus was released or more than one (or none!), I do not know.
As I said back in March 2019 once I saw the New York resutls, the big problem now is not the virus. It is the government's use of the virus for their objectives. I see no reason to change my view.
Actually this is entirely possible.
The virus has had a year and a half to self-select for "less deadly, more contagious". And it has done so.
All of these news stories about "Oh noes! New super-deadly 'variant'!!!!" are either:
The delta variant supposedly doubles the risk of hospitalization. It could also be (non-self) selecting for "longer incubation, more contagious, more deadly."
If it is a biological weapon being deliberately used, it will just be set loose.
I'm thinking it was a weapon under development by China that accidentally got out and they went berserk because they weren't sure what it was that escaped.
Also, in the early days of the pandemic I saw a breaking story on BBC World about seven Chinese nationals that illegally flew through Iran to avoid travel restrictions. I can no longer find this story. Does anyone know where to find it?
There is plenty about all of this that is not fully explained. And lots of stuff does not always follow the expected model.
This was an engineered virus. Whether it was a bioweapon or these morons were just super-charging a virus for "Gain of Function" "research" I do not know. Whether it was released intentionally or not I do not know. Whether only one virus was released or more than one (or none!), I do not know.
As I said back in March 2019 once I saw the New York resutls, the big problem now is not the virus. It is the government's use of the virus for their objectives. I see no reason to change my view.