Thread by @AdamRutherford

Huh. @jordanbpeterson guessing that medicine kills more people than it cures, @BretWeinstein claiming that the evidence for coronavirus being human-made is mounting.

The most casual, cursory glance at the evidence would show these are both balls.

But no, grifters gotta grift.

https://twitter.com/LitAnscombe/status/1371888864076369926

@jordanbpeterson @BretWeinstein Here are some NIH resources on the SARS-CoV-2 genome, which shows concordance with 7 other coronaviruses that were zoonotic in origin
bit.ly/2znh7Yq

@jordanbpeterson @BretWeinstein Here's a study that shows the common ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 and RaGT13, a bat sarbecovirus that diverged in the last 80 years or so
go.nature.com/2OHun1F

As for Peterson's claim, let's just reverse it to test it. Leaving aside public health interventions, he appears to saying that if hospitals didn't exist, more people would survive for longer.

These types of mindless speculations are not fundamentally different from lizard people conspiracy theories, or hoax moon landings theories, or vaccines cause autism.

We're in fucking Bizarro World here. This two minute clip demonstrates without a wisp of doubt that these men are either grifters or fools. You might as well ask David Icke what he thinks.

Here's Weinstein doubling down: 90% chance SARS-CoV-2 is human made, whilst simultaneously offering up exactly no evidence to support that.

Because there is none.

bit.ly/3cyYFeU

I wrote a book about genetic engineering, synthetic biology, evolution and bioweapons in 2013. I predicted that novel coronavirus epidemics would emerge from Chinese wet markets. Not because I'm Nostrofuckingdamus, but I can read science papers, and crucially, do.

That these men claim science as an ally is an embarrassment. Peterson's record on making up science is outstanding, from lobsters, to evolutionary psychology, via 'women wear blusher to remind men of fruit' to his beeeeef diet.

These men diminish science, and medicine. For what?