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“I read the Rolla news this morning and clicked into your article about coronovirus/wealthy countries. I agree with your premise: you'd think poor countries with less access to handwashing facilities and such would be harder hit. On the other hand, wealthy countries with people who travel more are more likely to spread it. Also, all the stats are based on where tests are available, so hard to say how many cases are where. I agree that we don't know a lot. ... I think the correlation you're making is interesting—I've wondered why we aren't seeing more spread in less developed countries.”

“TRUE or FALSE? The new coronavirus was deliberately created or released by people.

“The answer is false.

“Viruses can change over time. Occasionally, a disease outbreak happens when a virus that is common in an animal such as a pig, bat or bird undergoes changes and passes to humans. This is likely how the new coronavirus came to be.”

1. Many of these folks in high places are pure sociopaths. They think nothing of killing millions of people.

Remember Iraq? During and after the First Gulf War, Iraq's ability to provide clean water and sanitation was deliberately destroyed; leading to the death of at least 1/2 million children from easily preventable water-borne disease. And then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright crowed on 60 minutes that “the price is worth it.”

And then there's Flint Michigan, where the city water supply was deliberately poisoned and the perpetrators covered it up for years. So far these perpetrators have not done one day of jail-time for this.

Sanctions applied to Iran and Venezuela have killed thousands through degradation of the public health infrastructure. This seems to have become a favored method of attack.

Other examples of mass murder abound.

2. Earlier this month a report was leaked that US intelligence had picked up information about the COVID-19 epidemic in China as early as November. But, Dr. Li Wenliang did not become aware of the existence of seven cases of a SARS-like infection in Wuhan until December 30. How could this be, unless US intelligence already knew about the virus and was actively monitoring its spread.

3. In January, as the COVID-19 epidemic spread in China, US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross remarked, “I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America, some to the U.S., probably some to Mexico as well.” It was almost like he had planned it this way.