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Sir Richard Dearlove said he had seen an "important" new scientific report suggesting the virus did not emerge naturally but was man-made by Chinese scientists.

OK, where is this report?  If it's scientific, it was published somewhere.  He's former head so it's not as if it is an MI6 report.

Basically, I don't view this as evidence at all as compared with numerous scientific reports asserting otherwise and explaining their rationale.

I'd like to read the actual publications.

I've looked over several others that, to me, were persuasive.  This Shemesh fellow doesn't seem to have much history on google.

https://niqnaq.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/the-report-has-not-yet-been-accepted-for-publication-in-any-scientific-journal-and-im-not-surprised-cos-its-obvious-bollocks/

So, I can't find the publication because it hasn't been published, which no doubt will lead to conspiracy theories as well.

I'd like to read the actual publications.

I've looked over several others that, to me, were persuasive.  This Shemesh fellow doesn't seem to have much history on google.

It's not published, but has been peer-reviewed. So it will likely be published.

The other guy has been around for a while. Seems to have an impressive background, with a Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology.

That's a STEM field, for those wondering, but I digress.

https://ruprecht.dk/monitor/two-unusual-covid-19-features-convincing-scientists-it-was-man-made/

This disease was nowhere near as bad as the hype. I am afraid it’s all it’s done is caused people to not take serious a next virus- which could be way more lethal to the young and healthy. People might say oh you guys cried wolf last time, F off.

It's probably a perspective thing, but I don't know that I totally buy this. 

Most of the folks making this point have been highly skeptical to begin with. They didn't trust the experts and grabbed onto scraps they saw insisting it probably wasn't that bad. So my assumption is that unless they're high-end epidemiologists (not as far as I know), they would've had the same reaction even if it had been more serious. 

There was an interesting line I heard somewhere that people underprepare for the first disaster and overprepare after that. Maybe it'll flip here. I also wonder what the level of deadliness would have to be to hit that panic point. 10 percent? 5 percent? Chances are we'll have some level of fair warning. It'll be interesting and sad.

I think it was about as bad as the hype, if you look at the mainstream hype.  Had we not taken aggressive measures here, the death toll would have been higher obviously, probably 150,000 or more.  We arguably could have responded differently, I've come to think the face mask is much more effective than we thought in March.  And of course the clock is still running on this, we're by no means over it and won't be until an effective safe vaccine is widely employed.

I'm curious as to how Germany has done so well in this, I've read a few "analyses" that were unconvincing and politically oriented.

I think the Asian nations have managed because they are used to this sort of thing and wearing a mask is common.

How large is the old population in Germany and are nursing homes prevalent there. Your answers probably lie somewhere in there.

I guess I am being a fool between living in the barely locked-down Arizona where the cases are sky rocketing because our governor is Foolishly loosening things up and now I have booked an Alaskan cruise on the hot bed of all COVID-19 places a cruise ship in August. OMG what am I doing, how can I be so stupid and you know I am just causing the spread of the virus.