I am no expert on how work is done, or how well, at virological institutes to prevent infections viral strains escaping into the wider world, or on how to best war-game the Ukraine.
That said, I don't believe that if the SARS 2 Covid 19 bug escaped from a Chinese lab it was let out with malevolent intent, as this pandemic has been particularly hard on the Chinese. There was, yes, initially political pressure from high up in the government there to prevent the bad news from spreading, wherever was the start of the "problem" and, as part of that, doing nothing much about it until too late. But making misguided political decisions to save face is not malevolence of the kind that lets lethally infectious viruses run loose on purpose. More like burying the head in the sand not to see the people first being alarmed, then getting angry and finally pointing fingers.
I also think, given the above, that where it came at first is not terribly important anymore. The danger of some new plague escaping from one of the many labs engaged in virus research around the world, particularly the ones engaged in developing new agents for biological warfare, is a real and present danger and not about to go away soon, whether everyone agrees on from where Covid 19 got out first, or not.
Now, as to the Ukraine, the CIA and Biden's Executive: The later has a dilemma, that is to say: a problem with alternative solutions that are all bad. The CIA is doing as the CIA does. The Ukraine has blown up a bridge that is Vlad's Pride and Joy, and now Russia is hitting with big guns and missiles cities a cross the country, Kiev in particular. As well as bridges. Of course it has to be bridges.
So Vlad is taking revenge and Biden and his people are pondering an unsolvable dilemma.
I am no expert on how work is done, or how well, at virological institutes to prevent infections viral strains escaping into the wider world, or on how to best war-game the Ukraine.
That said, I don't believe that if the SARS 2 Covid 19 bug escaped from a Chinese lab it was let out with malevolent intent, as this pandemic has been particularly hard on the Chinese. There was, yes, initially political pressure from high up in the government there to prevent the bad news from spreading, wherever was the start of the "problem" and, as part of that, doing nothing much about it until too late. But making misguided political decisions to save face is not malevolence of the kind that lets lethally infectious viruses run loose on purpose. More like burying the head in the sand not to see the people first being alarmed, then getting angry and finally pointing fingers.
I also think, given the above, that where it came at first is not terribly important anymore. The danger of some new plague escaping from one of the many labs engaged in virus research around the world, particularly the ones engaged in developing new agents for biological warfare, is a real and present danger and not about to go away soon, whether everyone agrees on from where Covid 19 got out first, or not.
Now, as to the Ukraine, the CIA and Biden's Executive: The later has a dilemma, that is to say: a problem with alternative solutions that are all bad. The CIA is doing as the CIA does. The Ukraine has blown up a bridge that is Vlad's Pride and Joy, and now Russia is hitting with big guns and missiles cities a cross the country, Kiev in particular. As well as bridges. Of course it has to be bridges.
So Vlad is taking revenge and Biden and his people are pondering an unsolvable dilemma.
Way to go, World!