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3 Million Afghans in Pakistan Being Forced to Leave
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Opinion: Harm to Science of Promoting the Covid Lab Leak Hypothesis
You deliberately withold the fact the lab is also a reference lab, though I doubt you understand what that means. You deliberately overstate the virulance of this novel virus (it was never a mysterious virus, it was of a type signposted since SARS and MERS). The most likely explanation is still zoonitic transmission, as its the case for over 60% of EIDs in human history. The next, though rather more distant explanation is accidental release from the BSL2 reference lab. The next explanation, very unlikely, is accidental release of a modified virus from the French built BSL4 research lab. Of course, you can never rule out the possibility of a deranged scientist wafting an open test tube in the market. You could also not rule out the Hollywood fantasy of the escaped lab monkey making friends with a little girl (Outbreak). I do though. If they ever figure it out, you and I will be long dead. 107 years after Spanish Flu, we still don't really know where it came from. We are closer to knowing, but its not definitive, and the evidence is purely circumstantial. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/29/pentagon-anthrax-australia-2008 This article is missing a few details, notably the number of labs affected. It was hundreds of labs. I know most of the labs took few precautions, because they were assured the material was inert. The incident demonstrated its actually very difficult to initiate a consequential lab release. A Lancet study identified 16 lab incidents over a 20 year period leading to the accidental release of infectious material. 75% of releases involved bacteria.. That's an extremely low accident rate. Every single hospital will have at least one path lab where they are deliberately culturing infectious material from patient samples. Every single university will have research and teaching labs where they are deliberately and accidently cultivating infectious material. There are about 50,000 medical device companies, about half of thoses are developing diagnostic tests, which involves cultivating infectious material. There are about 25,000 pharmaceutical companies, wth probably 10,000 of those working on anti-microbials, which, you guessed it, involves working with disease causting organisms, including those with antibiotic resistance. Every sewage works will employ pumps and an activated sludge method that does a pretty good job of generating Hep-C laden foam that gets blown around on the wind. All this theoretically hazardouz activity, and we've not been wiped out. When Amerithrax happened (deliberate release of weaponised Anthrax through the US mail), two people died; one a woman in her 90s, and another an obese older man with a history of heart disease. -
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Australian Teen Dies in Koh Samui Motorbike Collision
If you want to know who doesn't understand road safety on this thread just count the "confused" emojis -
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Updates and events in the War in Ukraine 2025
No disagreement that wars are won and lost by sheer luck, and the determined will usually win if prepared to sacrifice enough citizens. However, if it comes down to sheer slaughter Putin is the man for that. US Generals have reported that Ukraine has fixed its manning issues. Are they saying that the Ukrainians are now volunteering by the thousands and that Phuket will shortly have no Unkrainians left? I suspect they mean the press gangs are doing a better job at forcing the unwilling into the front lines. Fighting to the last man is a habit of US generals. Patton won his battles but reportedly his cannon fodder were not fans. Look at the death toll of marines against Japan. suffering unsustainable losses of carriers to Kamikaze attacks (hence relived by the British armoured carriers). Do tell! In my history book the tide was turned against the Kamikaze by a change of tactics, though it is true that the US had a strange habit of sending wooden decked carriers into battle, which was not a wise decision. Not the only wrong decision made either. -
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 5 April 2025
Thailand Accelerates Emergency Alert Overhaul Post-Earthquake Photo courtesy of KhaoSod English In response to the March 28 earthquake, Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has initiated a trial of a new Cell Broadcast alert system in Phuket. This move aims to upgrade the country's emergency alert infrastructure, addressing flaws exposed during the quake. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1356847-thailand-accelerates-emergency-alert-overhaul-post-earthquake/ -
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