Researcher 'on verge of making very significant' coronavirus findings shot to death

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Why mention being on the verge of making significant coronavirus findings if his death was unrelated?

Edit: simple answer, to keep coronavirus in news feeds

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think they were probably related

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name checks out

[–]comments 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

get clicks? can't say the full story? they were international students. want to honor the work of the deceased?

maybe looking at who made the story will give us more clues?

[–]FormosaOolong 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

wtf, it gets weirder by the minute.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Seems odd. Seems like foul play might be likely

[–]AntiLowEffortHuman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I heard in passing that China is on its way to develop a vaccine for nCov. If that's true then they will be able to make money by selling that too.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Rule 1 of assassination: Kill the assassin.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a versatile rule.

It's also a great rule for the assassin's target.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

We all agree that there is something strange about this "shooting" and the tai-ming to use the Chinese phrasing.

[–]comments 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

:(

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I doubt that I will ever be on the verge of significant findings that undermine the deep state's agenda.

Those findings will either be a lengthy work-in-progress (with no end in sight), or fully indexed and publicly released to multiple outlets.

None of that assassin-tempting verge bullshit.

[–]WhoFlu 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

His death is a tragedy, but I hate this fake news BS. I'm going with it's extraordinarily unlikely this guy was actually on the verge of significant findings.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's possible, but what was the motive for being shot to death then?

[–]WhoFlu 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This follows the standard emotional-manipulation tactic you see in bait and switch & stringing people along. I won't pretend to know what really happened, but the news is bullshit.

If the guy was really on the verge of a major breakthrough, then the news should be able to report why they think that. If there was an intentional coverup of a breakthrough, the news wouldn't have said anything at all about it. Instead they're just making a vague unverifiable claim with zero evidence.

I can't read minds, and don't have the time to investigate every random news story, but this story doesn't pass the bullshit smell-test.