Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory

I know this guy who has that annoying habit of seeing things clearer than others, he is able to predict what will happen in the future. One example was when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and locked up in 2019, he predicted he'd be dead by the end of the year. Boy, was he right.

Now one should assume that being in jail is relatively safe, especially when on suicide watch. What happened? He killed himself of course. My friend thinks this is a nonsense and believes this was staged, largely because Epstein funds have been moved into the bank he owned in the Caribbean. A bank that has never operated.

OK, that's fine, it doesn't mean he escaped though, someone with power of attorney could be doing the transactions, and in so doing removing assets from any potential civil claims. But did Epstein kill himself? Probably not, and that's where my friend nailed it, predicting Epstein's demise so accurately.

Now he's got another idea. That COVID-19 was an attack by the US on China. The tariffs weren't working, so they took the virus to China from the US Army's biological studies at Fort Detrick and planted it during the World Military Games in October 2019.

Since the outbreak the US has been on the front foot pointing the stick at China; their food habits, cleanliness, you name it. The US media has been particularly busy. Maybe too busy.

Iran and Italy are collateral damage. It got out of hand and now the whole thing has blown up in America's face. That's because China's authoritarian regime was able to get on top of the epidemic quickly, and they're first up best dressed. When the world recovers, they will be the one ready to buy everything. China may end up owning the world.

Will the west be ready to accept that? My friend thinks not, and that's why they'll go to war with China. Either that or wrap themselves in knots justifying economic sanctions. If calls for war or sanctions grow in the US and become accepted, my friend believes this will prove the virus originated in the United States. What do you think?

[Update @ 25/03/2020: It has been pointed out that the virus could not be a biological weapon as it has been proven it was not produced in a laboratory. I accept the second part, that it was not manufactured. However, simply saying a virus was not produced in a lab does not mean a virus could not be used for malicious purposes.

Trump: his saying that America must emerge soon from its harsh restrictions is a statement of the way it is really. America must emerge soon or it will wake up and find itself surpassed by China. If we look at the sheer volume of rhetoric emanating from the USA, all directed at China, and measure by that standard alone without looking at the science, it certainly does look as though this theory has legs. That is, the person doing all the finger pointing is often the perpetrator.]

[Update @ 21/10/2021: it is now fairly well accepted that the virus did originate in a lab, or at least it leaked from a lab there. What is still being contended is whether the US supplied this virus or funded research on coronaviruses that resulted in catastrophic outcomes. I'm giving my friend another pass mark on this, he's proven to be more right than wrong.]