Thread by @akoz33

There are certain "rumours" (published, but at this point no more than that) that China may be about to admit that covid-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan (not yet clearly which, there are three candidates in Wuhan) and throw under the bus certain Chinese and do doubt also

American scientists. One thing that suggests that this may be true is the surprising recent volte-face by WHO's Tedros, who although generally regarded as a China stooge, has suddenly started requesting China's cooperation in uncovering the virus's origins (even though China and

the rest of its stooges have continue to claim that it was zoonosis).
If China did decide on this turnaround, there would be only one precedent for this I can recall, it was the 2002 admission by Kim Jong-il that North Korea had indeed kidnapped Japanese citizens but "only 13"

(the number is known to be very much larger), without the knowledge of the leadership and all those guilty had already been "severely punished". China could try to do something similar, but there are problems. First of all, there are the likely demands for compensation which

China is determined not to accept. For that reason if China does make an admission is is sure to try to shift the main blame on American scientists who originated the gain of function research on bat coronaviruses - especially Peter Dashak. Which would be poetic justice of sorts.

The second problem is that North Korea's admission did not actually work as intended - the Japanese did not stop demanding the release of the remaining kidnapped and/or detailed and trustworthy information what happened to them - something that the North Korean regime cannot

provide by its very nature.
So overall I think this news is still very unlikely but it it did turn out to be correct, at least many people would receive their just deserts (if only partially).

For what it’s worth:

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