World leaders at the G7 summit in England this week added fuel to the flames of the most pressing conspiracy theory of our times: Did Covid-19 escape from a Chinese lab?
Let’s explore the Tarot of this a little, shall we?
The origins of the current world-wide coronavirus epidemic are currently unknown…
The Moon: Hidden depths
But from the start, various media commentators have speculated that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology…
Page of Swords: Developing A Theory
The most compelling evidence for this is probably…
Death: The fact that Wuhan was the epicentre for the first large-scale outbreak
Meanwhile, scientists around the world have continued to insist this virus spread from animals…
Eight of Pentacles Reversed: It’s not man-made
Although that doesn’t rule out the lab completely, as the Wuhan Institute stores samples of the closest-known relative to Covid-19…
Seven of Swords Reversed: Acting suspicious
These samples were collected in 2012 when some miners fell sick with a mysterious illness…
Temperance Reversed: Feeling unwell
The Chinese virologist whose work is at the centre of these allegations insisted in a recent interview that the claims are baseless…
Knight of Swords Reversed: Feeling slandered
However, China’s ongoing refusal to allow an independent investigation into the lab makes this hard to believe…
The Moon Reversed: Muddying the waters
The High Priestess Reversed: Feeling unsure
If certain leaders didn’t seem hell-bent on blaming the Chinese for this epidemic, they might be more willing to co-operate.
Judgement Reversed: Wanting to blame
The Devil Reversed: Making someone the bad guy
What are your thoughts about this?
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