Maybe in 2019 the UFO's dropped the virus into the forests near Wuhan.

[pnwmom]

And now they're dropping a new one in southern California.

And when we all die, they'll move here and take over.

Can't do much worse than the Trumpers . . . .

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I like that theory.

Personally, I couldn't care less WHERE it originated. That is for scientist and researchers to worry about. If they can use that information to help eliminate the next one, great.

[jpak]

2. Yetis were the source

Saw it on Facebook

Yup

[brooklynite]

3. Since aliens are unlikely to have visited us, I'm saying "meh"

[pnwmom]

4. Party pooper!

[brooklynite]

5. Reality sucks...

[pnwmom]

6. A sense of humor is essential. n/t

[Polybius]

12. There's only thing worse than a conspiracy theorist

And that's an absolute skeptic.

[brooklynite]

13. Rational thought is not the same as absolute skepticism...

I’ve thought through the issue comprehensively.

Is there life elsewhere in the galaxy? Almost certainly: the question to be addressed is whether it’s practical for that life to get here.

The CLOSEST location for a potentially life-supporting planet is Alpha Centauri, 4.4 LY away. Beyond that, the distances grow substantially. Assuming an alien civilization hasn’t overcome the challenge of FTL travel, the time involved is impractically long, and the size of a ship required to carry enough fuel and supplies for the crew would be substantially larger than what is being reported in sightings. The impracticalities would also limit the the frequency of visits to a level far below the claimed sightings.

If you’re assuming that an alien civilization has mastered the ability for FTL travel, they’ve also likely mastered the ability to hide their vehicles from detection. Add to which, despite the growing technical quality and portability of cameras, we have no photos of anything other than blurry lights and obvious forgeries.

[Polybius]

14. I stand corrected

I can agree with just about all of that.

[RegularJam]

7. Maybe all viruses are aliens.

Been checking us out for a long time.

[pnwmom]

8. Yes! And they carry microscopic computers in their microscopic cells!

And they all coordinate together in a giant supercomputer beyond anything we've ever seen.

And the people with long covid are part of the supercomputer . . . .

[RegularJam]

10. I'm confident that their method of communication...

Is directly related to my tinnitus. In total, it’s an unfathomable number of aliens. They have colonized.

[pnwmom]

11. Makes sense. And that strange metallic taste that Covid infected people notice?

It's the tiny computers.

[HipChick]

9. we're not ready for aliens

since the human race can't even see beyond the color of one another's skin