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TexasTowelie

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10. Thanks for providing a link, but I'm not going to watch a 55 minute video from a virology class lecture.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:03 AM
Jan 2025

Since the list of videos on their playlist are exceedingly long I won't subscribe because I doubt that the majority of DU members will watch. The audience at DU is the general public with a liberal bias rather than the much narrower group who are interested in virology.

My point when I said that the virus either evolved or engineered should more accurately be stated that the virus is a result of natural processes or it was artificially manipulated. If the title of the video you provided is accurate, then it supports the theory that the virus is a product of nature rather than grown in a lab.

Anyway, I have my own doubts about what may be in the video since I don't see where the content providers would be obtaining relevant contemporary data from any source in China except for maybe WHO which has credibility issues too.

Tony is not a virologist, he normally concentrates on economic policy, financial news, and political developments. Throughout the video he provides caveats about his sources and he clearly states when his observations are anecdotal. However, while Tony is not an expert on viruses, he is not going to ignore a current event. Calling him a hack reporter when he clearly has the skills to succeed in a variety of careers is unwarranted.

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We are on the uptake with respiratory and flu here also. Historic NY Jan 2025 #1
I like his measured take GreatGazoo Jan 2025 #2
Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is not new. It circulates in the US and elsewhere in winter at same time as RSV, FLU hlthe2b Jan 2025 #3
So, is this guy another hack reporter pushing the "flat-earth" virology of the lab leak hypothesis at 4:47 in the video? xocetaceans Jan 2025 #4
Tony is not a hack reporter. TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #6
Check the data on your "engineered virus" statement. You don't really know that any better than he does. n/t xocetaceans Jan 2025 #7
Really? TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #8
My statement is not one of "either...or". My point is you have no data of "yours" it came from a lab. xocetaceans Jan 2025 #9
Thanks for providing a link, but I'm not going to watch a 55 minute video from a virology class lecture. TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #10
Reading your comment again, I wanted to add one other thing. TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #11
I can only guess your background absent such extending comments. There is no intent to demean it. This is not a... xocetaceans Jan 2025 #12
You are correct that I fused HMPV and RSV together--it looked odd when I was typing it but I didn't check my work. TexasTowelie Jan 2025 #13
I appreciate your comments. I think that I was fairly sharp-edged in a comment/reply to one of your posts a few years... xocetaceans Jan 2025 #14
I like this guy Easterncedar Jan 2025 #5
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