We may never know the answer to the question of COVID-19's origin, but we are guaranteed to fail if we lack the courage to ask the right question. In the last few weeks, a number of important pieces to the puzzle have emerged the purpose of this update (in truth, a complete re-write) is to lay out the big picture, followed by my perspective on one particular study that I believe points in the direction of the final answer to the origin question.
I didn't know that the book was foreshadowing my later academic study of history and military career as a WMD specialist, the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of biological weapons and/or the confirmation that Las Vegas is the root of all evil, but sometimes the signs are so obvious that one can miss the forest for the trees.
