How'd COVID start in the first place? Why are states cutting pandemic aid? What's wrong with Missouri?

<p>[so many questions!]<strong><br> <br> Brook Hines</strong> — pandemic gets personal. Forcing low-wage and unsafe&nbsp;work by cutting off unemployment benefit is cruel and stupid (i.e. totally unsurprising for Republican Governors).</p> <p>SARS-CoV-2 origin:&nbsp;US funded gain of function research in Wuhan. Everything we thought we knew about the virus might actually be wrong.</p> <p><strong>Jeanine Molloff: The Justice Report&nbsp;</strong>on Vote Suppression, Constituional Crises, and COVID&nbsp;Karens.</p> <p>CITATIONS:<br> <a href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/" target="_blank">Starving people to force them back to work</a>, <em>Common Dreams</em>, Jake Johnson</p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/21/white-house-biden-health/" target="_blank">Biden cuts pretty much all campaign promises from next budget deal</a>, <em>Washington Post</em>, Jeff Stein &amp; Tyler Pager</p> <p><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/05/the-stakes-of-finding-covid-19s-origins" target="_blank">Did US-funded research in Wuhan cause the pandemic?</a>, <em>Current Affairs</em>, Nathan J. Robinson</p> <p><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/" target="_blank">Origin of COVID: did people or narture open Pandora's Box at Wuhan</a>, <em>Bulletin of Atomic Scientists</em>, Nicholas Wade<br> [this is the first and most important piece on pandemic origins]</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/brook-hines/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/brook-hines/support</a>