Some would say "bookkeeping". Those individuals would have a point, given that all other flu-related deaths disappeared from the planet for a long time after COVID-19 became a thing.
Was the initially released virus more dangerous than what it has mutated to now? Seems like a reasonable assumption. Did we ever get around to punishing those countries, organizations, and individuals for developing and foisting the virus on the planet? Not even close! Bats in the Wuhan food markets my ass!
CatOwner wrote: “Was the initially released virus more dangerous than what it has mutated to now? Seems like a reasonable assumption.”
Some do not want to accept that assumption because it interfers with their favorite COVID narrative that the virus was never lethal or infectuous.
CatOwner wrote: “Did we ever get around to punishing those countries, organizations, and individuals for developing and foisting the virus on the planet? Not even close! Bats in the Wuhan food markets my ass!”
While there is mounting evidence for gain of function experimentation be the source for the virus, it’s still not enough to justify some types of retaliation. And, by all accounts, if Wuhan was the source, releasing the virus had a huge impact upon China. Often overlooked about biological weapons is they have a tendency to catch those that launch the attack in the backblast. IOW, they can be more dangerous to attacker than the defender.