That's a really interesting observation. Hadn't thought about it before but makes sense. Thanks for posting that.

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The other factor working against Cal is midterms. Historically Cal has not done so well during midterm weeks, which is usually early to mid October.

The fact that Cal is now playing most of their tougher opponents early in the year or during those early weeks in October could be a factor in their performance this season.

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71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

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I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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The Chinese did not come up with the virus - that implies a person or persons residing in China developed the virus. In fact, the virus is a natural phenomena that was initiated in China by careless behavior.

Otherwise, your last paragraph is on the mark.....

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Fair enough. I don't know that the Chinese didn't do this intentionally, but I veered off the freeway in saying that they did. Proof will probably be impossible, so can't accuse.

Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

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I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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1. My reference to the Articles is precisely on point. It created 13 independent States not one nation. Fearless Leader is having each State battle the coronavirus on its own as if they were not part of one nation. That is the point Fauci made as well.

2. You say that Fauci forfeited all credibility by his self contradictions. First Fauci is dealing with a new disease about little was originally known. In situations as this medical experts can only make educated guesses. Sometimes those guesses are wrong. But that does not invalidate their expertise.
Contrast Fauci's behavior with that of Fearless Leader. FL changes his mind as often as some people change their shirts and socks. He comes up with some of the most hare brain ideas ever to come out of a politicians mouth.

Rushinbear said:

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71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

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I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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The Chinese did not come up with the virus - that implies a person or persons residing in China developed the virus. In fact, the virus is a natural phenomena that was initiated in China by careless behavior.

Otherwise, your last paragraph is on the mark.....

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Fair enough. I don't know that the Chinese didn't do this intentionally, but I veered off the freeway in saying that they did. Proof will probably be impossible, so can't accuse.

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The other side of the conspiracy coin...

The US Government created the virus, then transported and released it in China.

Needless to say, both conspiracy theories would be laughably silly if it weren't for the network of nitwits that believe them and their ability to keep them alive.

GivemTheAxe said:

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Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

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I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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1. My reference to the Articles is precisely on point. It created 13 independent States not one nation. Fearless Leader is having each State battle the coronavirus on its own as if they were not part of one nation. That is the point Fauci made as well.

2. You say that Fauci forfeited all credibility by his self contradictions. First Fauci is dealing with a new disease about little was originally known. In situations as this medical experts can only make educated guesses. Sometimes those guesses are wrong. But that does not invalidate their expertise.
Contrast Fauci's behavior with that of Fearless Leader. FL changes his mind as often as some people change their shirts and socks. He comes up with some of the most hare brain ideas ever to come out of a politicians mouth.
Fearless Leader forfeited all credibility beginning with the day of his inauguration when he consistently argued that at his inauguration he had the largest crowd than ever before. Or focusing on the pandemic, how about the claim that it would disappear in just a few weeks - a claim he made early on in the pandemic.

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Ever heard 'a Federalism? It's in the Constitution.

71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

---

I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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The Chinese did not come up with the virus - that implies a person or persons residing in China developed the virus. In fact, the virus is a natural phenomena that was initiated in China by careless behavior.

Otherwise, your last paragraph is on the mark.....

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Fair enough. I don't know that the Chinese didn't do this intentionally, but I veered off the freeway in saying that they did. Proof will probably be impossible, so can't accuse.

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The other side of the conspiracy coin...

The US Government created the virus, then transported and released it in China.

Needless to say, both conspiracy theories would be laughably silly if it weren't for the network of nitwits that believe them and their ability to keep them alive.

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Except that the virus came from China not the US. And, probably from a Chinese lab, at that, - a government lab. And, except that we are in a cold war with China who has shown to have far fewer scruples than we. At the very least, they delayed notifying the world that the virus was in the public.

If you're going to speculate on an event, you'd better have SOME evidence that makes your speculation even remotely possible. Otherwise, we call it irresponsible...and preposterous.

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I would assume that they would want to put rivalries at the end in the hope that fans may actually be able to go to them. There is zero chance of anyone being able to go to the USC-UCLA game, slim chance anyone goes to Big Game, but a decent enough chance that they can get 10-15k in the door at the end of the season (probably depending on the availability of a vaccine).

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After the schedule was announced, USC's AD said that he expects USC-UCLA won't be played in the new week 1 and will have to be rescheduled for either their open week in October or the Dec. 12 week that was built in to the schedule to accommodate postponements.

The double fucla

Rushinbear said:

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71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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71Bear said:

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Rushinbear said:

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GivemTheAxe said:

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Blueblood said:

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LMK5 said:

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Let's stay hopeful that football happens and that fans can see games in the latter half.

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"Hey, why is the shoreline receding? *

I guess it's okay to walk out farther from the beach! Cool!

* Note only 4,000,000 covid infections have been reported here in the good old U.S. The U.S. has a population of over 330,000,000+. The virus has gotten its foot in the door. This senario reminds me of the song "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. Although some parents may disagree, all kids are homo sapiens. The virus, albeit some believe it isn't alive, is still learning how to use homo sapiens. It's like a hungry lone wolf watching a herd of deer say. It will first pick off all the older members (weak immune systems) .....the sickly (dysfunctional immune systems) ......then the young (developing immune systems)....before really exposing itself to the main herd (tada...a mutant maybe?). The bottomline is kids will get infected and really transmit the virus if they foolishly huddle together, as in school. It's just a matter of time especially when nothing is being collectively done.

---

I Hate to say it but sometimes you are spot on.
And this is one of those times.
Dr. Fauci reported in Congress today that we can defeat this virus but we must fight it together as a nation Instead of attacking it with a diversity project f actions.
Imagine we all lived in 50 houses in a remote small town. A wildfire approaches that the town and each of the 50 families decides not to band together to fight the wildfire together but to fight the fire each in their own way.

Maybe someone should tell our "fearless leader" that the Articles of Confederation are no longer in effect.

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Uh, I'm not sure how this relates to the Articles. You realize that the Articles created 13 independent "states" with very little binding them. Your snide reference to President Trump is self-serving only.

Fauci has forfeited all credibility with his continual self-contradictions. He was trained to know the mechanism of the human body. He has become a manager of statistics, about which he was not trained, nor does he appear to know.

And, can we dispense with the ascription of human intent to non-human (often inanimate) things? The virus has not "gotten its foot in the door." It is not like a hungry wolf, stalking its prey. It is a relatively simple organism whose components so happen to interact with humans in a few ways that our bodies cannot easily defend against. There are thousands, probably millions, of viruses in the environment, all but a few of which our body's defenses easily kill. The Chinese came up with one that requires us to invent additional defenses. We're getting there.

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The Chinese did not come up with the virus - that implies a person or persons residing in China developed the virus. In fact, the virus is a natural phenomena that was initiated in China by careless behavior.

Otherwise, your last paragraph is on the mark.....

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Fair enough. I don't know that the Chinese didn't do this intentionally, but I veered off the freeway in saying that they did. Proof will probably be impossible, so can't accuse.

---

The other side of the conspiracy coin...

The US Government created the virus, then transported and released it in China.

Needless to say, both conspiracy theories would be laughably silly if it weren't for the network of nitwits that believe them and their ability to keep them alive.

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Except that the virus came from China not the US. And, probably from a Chinese lab, at that, - a government lab. And, except that we are in a cold war with China who has shown to have far fewer

scruples than we. At the very least, they delayed notifying the world that the virus was in the public.

If you're going to speculate on an event, you'd better have SOME evidence that makes your speculation even remotely possible. Otherwise, we call it irresponsible...and preposterous.

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Did you actually read my post? The key words were "transported" (paragraph two) and "laughably silly" (paragraph three).

As for scruples, the current Administration has demonstrated over the last three and one-half years that they have NO scruples.

Quite frankly, I don't need to speculate because it is a absolute fact that the virus not was created by humans.