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Old 01-07-2021, 17:20   #6179
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
What if some clever Chinese boffin thought that messing around with spikes could increase virulence of a coronavirus?

It's unlikely that mass death would be their objective - for economic reasons. But disruption of non-Chinese economies could be calculated as desirable to their political aims.


Not sure about that - China is dependent on the rest of the world buying the goods they produce; disrupting that is sub-optimal for their economy.

https://santandertrade.com/en/portal...ade-in-figures
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China has become the world's largest exporter and ranks second among the world’s largest importers. Despite its strict policies, the country is fairly open to foreign trade, which represented 35.7% of its GDP in 2019 (World Bank, 2020)
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