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Originally Posted by Exo
It still wouldn't have made him give a sh*t about it ravaging the country. Or would it? If it meant sh*tting on China, would more Americans have taken the lockdown and mask wearing more seriously?
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Trump did care about it ravaging the country. It was an election year. Purely out of self-interest, he had to have cared. Whether his caring amounted to effective policy is obviously a different question.
I don't think that any investigation at the time could've proven the origin of COVID one way or the other. The situation would've likely gone done in much the same manner that it did in reality. Let's be honest, if Obama was still in office, Republicans would've been even more resistant to wearing masks - probably saying dumb **** like "The communist muslim-in-chief is trying to institute Sharia law!".
The point of trying to determine its origin now is to learn what caused it and adjust accordingly to prevent it from occuring in the future. Whether that means changes/regulations to wet markets or changes/stricter regulations to viral research.