Could Coronavirus be an engineered "bio-weapon" created to reduce the World Population?

Definitely a possiblity it was bioengineered at a lab, but unknown if it was intended for population control or something else.

https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/asia/2020/02/16/report-chinese-scientist-who-worked-at-unc-finds-killer-coronavirus-probably-originated-from-a-laboratory-in-wuhan/

Bad Wigins wrote:

After four months it has so far killed about 5x10^-5 percent of the world's population, but during that time 70 million new people were born to replace the 3500 who died.

Just because it was a bad idea doesn't mean it wasn't a conspiracy though. Secret conspirators can be dumb.

What? So in 4 months 70 million people have been born and the only world wide fatalities in that same period have been the ~3,500 who've died from Coronavirus? ? Is that really what you are claiming here?

Only joking but I hope you get what I am saying. People are born and die all the time but now we have a new contributor to that deaths total. Once it fully takes hold and kills the majority of the older population that will certainly have a net negative impact on the population.

They are alread working on covid20, which will be the real mass killer.

70 to 80 has a death rate around 15%. So you're 5x more likely to survive Corona virus than die from it if you're in that age category. That's the opposite of "no or a very low chance." Still scary, but your statement is counterfactual.

The world's main problem is the decades of massive fossil fuel use. Over population is certainly an issue, but not the "main issue." The way those billions live is what causes the problems.

And disproportionately killing old people is a terrible method of your goal is population control. There are lots of diseases that can cause infertility. Weaponizing one of those would be far more effective. Old people dont make babies, so removing them has zero long term impact.

Also, we all know there is no "heavy media campaign to turn the youth towards homosexuality." Repeating idiocies like that doesnt make it true.

Was this whole post an attempt to troll Greg? The lack of any typos makes me think that you're just a troll, since anybody nuts enough and dumb enough to believe the things you wrote would have a bunch of typos from their feverishly tapped out raving.

No. The genetic similarities with different corona viruses are easily detected and scientifically demonstrable as natural. But...purposely starving agencies and programs that, in effect, let a virus more easily become a pandemic is equivalent to creating a designer virus. Except, it's done out of stupidity instead of mal intent.

The aging population is creating lopsided demographic imbalances. Elderly people are the main beneficiaries of the pay-as-you-go welfare states all over the world. In the US, the big sacred cows are Social Security and Medicare.

Too many old people taking and not enough young people giving. Its gotta be fixed.

Children are doing surprisingly well against the novel coronavirus. Don't we usually hear about how a virus is a danger to children and the elderly ? Not this time.

DanM wrote:

Too many RICH people NOT PAYING ENOUGH and ALL OTHER people PAYING TOO MUCH. Its gotta be fixed.

FIXED that 4U.

FYI: When a rich person whines about their "high" tax rate they completely ignore all of the tax benefits and shelters they get. For most of them, their marginal tax rate is lower that that of regular people.

Love your questioning attitude and willingness to stretch your imagination!

Even though you stand a chance of being called paranoid or too "stretchy" in your degrees of separation, I think it's just fine to wonder widely and freely

Population is too often overlooked in discussions of the future of this apparently self-destructive species. In itself overcrowding, and political and environmental problems go together. We are fouling our own nest and fighting among ourselves, and, the stupid part is it's out of greed and power drives.

What natural resources we aren't exhausting, we're polluting and killing off. The "intelligent species" are allowing overpopulation and greed to overrule intelligence. We are sowing the whirlwind and are too stupid to see its inevitable consequences .

CoronaCurious wrote:

The more I read about this the more it seems that if you are over 70sh, you've pretty much got either no or a very low chance of surviving Coronavirus.

Just like the flu, which has been around - what. 100+ years? Did they bioengineer that one too, before the telephone was even invented?

CoronaCurious wrote:

Under 40s:- 0.2% Mortality Rate.

Over 65s:- 15% Mortality Rate.

That's unbelievable! 75 times more likely to die if you catch it. Could definitely be something in this

My god your posts are stupid.

I don't know what's worse, your silly attempts at trolling or me falling for it and replying to this.

Let's think outside the box on this one wrote:

Definitely a possiblity it was bioengineered at a lab, but unknown if it was intended for population control or something else.

https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/asia/2020/02/16/report-chinese-scientist-who-worked-at-unc-finds-killer-coronavirus-probably-originated-from-a-laboratory-in-wuhan/

I'm bothered when I see "information" that is put out by some group I've never hear of. This isn't the New York Times or the Washington Post. Who are these people? How do you know this isn't disinformation, like so much bs the circulates in social media?

0.2% x 75 = 15%. That's simple math. I literally have no idea why you would write a post calling this stupid?

I also have no idea why you'd even think this was trolling. I opened this thread with a genuine question as to whether this may be an engineered virus designed to wipe out the aged and followed it up with some evidence which would support that theory. Why would anyone of a sane disposition consider this trolling?

Sometimes you’ve got to thin the herd to make it stronger.

No need to fear. Those who are 100% pure (the 1% rule applies here) are perfectly safe. We were created to be the smartest, healthiest and the most resilient living beings on the planet.

Let's think outside the box on this one wrote:

Definitely a possiblity it was bioengineered at a lab, but unknown if it was intended for population control or something else.

https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/asia/2020/02/16/report-chinese-scientist-who-worked-at-unc-finds-killer-coronavirus-probably-originated-from-a-laboratory-in-wuhan/

The Chinese worked out a way to get rid of Trump. Bernie and Biden are a push over, they know it.

Momma earth has a knack for engineering whatever she needs to balance herself. Humans don’t really come close to her (Comparatively speaking) in terms of efficiency in doing that. So I’m doubting humans created it for that purpose.

As a side note, humans are notoriously bad at keeping secrets. So if it is what you describe, we’d already know it or would very soon.

wealth gap wrote:

DanM wrote:

Too many RICH people NOT PAYING ENOUGH and ALL OTHER people PAYING TOO MUCH. Its gotta be fixed.

FIXED that 4U.

FYI: When a rich person whines about their "high" tax rate they completely ignore all of the tax benefits and shelters they get. For most of them, their marginal tax rate is lower that that of regular people.

I agree with higher tax rates in general, and more importantly limiting loopholes, but this exaggeration and over generalization is dangerous and continues to create a divide in this country.

Yes there are egregious cases of mega wealthy people paying low taxes but in general that isn’t the case. Last year I paid ~34% in federal tax, ~9% state tax and then 3.5% local/city tax. That is a fair bit of taxes, and that is after deducting my mortgage interest, maxing our 401k, etc. This is similar to many of my friends and co-workers, I just think the extreme language and borderline hate is very damaging.

I can afford to pay more taxes and would if we can come up with a reasonable tax code that also eliminates loopholes.

Jamin'sHSClassmate wrote:

Still scary, but your statement is counterfactual...

Not quarreling with your point, but with your wording. You are right. "Counterfactual" literally means something that is "contrary to fact," BUT you are wrong that it's a synonym for wrong or untrue. A counterfactual is way of thinking or arguing. Counterfactuals are a way to get at causality by thinking about what would have happened if the world had been different. The "counterfactual" is the hypothetical world.

We use counterfactuals here all the time: For example, "If Jim Ryun had modern shoes and a modern track, he would have run 3:45, easy," or, "If the Trials hadn't been so hilly, Fauble would have made the team."

There are counterfactuals galore in arguments about corona virus, but this isn't one of them.

Hey that is an awesome hat, but no, it's not a conspiracy.