Being developed could point to two sources: lab mutation and naturally occurring mutations.
emerging, does not negate a lab source, but seems more natural instead of artificial.
Since he is a politician, he has to weigh his words to convey the right impression based on people's tendency to stick with only one immediate and simplistic meaning.
However, both would be ok, and an eventual follow up question has the potential to pinpoint meaning exactly.
Simple. He wasn't. He said 'variants are being developed'. He might've been thinking about vaccines being developed. Then upon realizing he had slipped up, he corrected himself saying 'variants are emerging'
My main point is that normies will easily deboonk this so no point in showing them this.
Why would you correct "being developed" with "emerging" when talking about vaccines?
that's my thinking on it too
Being developed could point to two sources: lab mutation and naturally occurring mutations.
emerging, does not negate a lab source, but seems more natural instead of artificial.
Since he is a politician, he has to weigh his words to convey the right impression based on people's tendency to stick with only one immediate and simplistic meaning.
However, both would be ok, and an eventual follow up question has the potential to pinpoint meaning exactly.
However, then he would have to lie.
Both words start with V and are often confused
Simple. He wasn't. He said 'variants are being developed'. He might've been thinking about vaccines being developed. Then upon realizing he had slipped up, he corrected himself saying 'variants are emerging'
My main point is that normies will easily deboonk this so no point in showing them this.