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We could assume they've had ten times the amount of deaths (and they very well may have) and the point still stands.
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Nah, citizen deaths only matter to the u.s. once it becomes bad
pr that they can't rally around. Justifying government expansion, inspiring further anti-Chinese sentiments, and an external factor to use as a scapegoat for the imminent economic downturn could have played a role in planning the bioterrorist attack on top of the classic destabilization move.
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If the CCP actually believed that the US introduced a virus to them for the sole purpose of destabilization, and many more have died than what they claim, don't you think their response is not proportional to the claim?
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Nah, their extreme response tells me that they saw some pretty drastic breakouts.
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And if they believed the US introduced a virus to them, wouldn't they inflate the numbers of deaths rather than deflating them?
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"Hey world, rising global influence here, just wanted to let you know that we were pretty easily destabilized by another country and this is how."