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

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[–]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.