This @nytimes piece by @zeynep should break whatever is left of the dam on the lab origin hypothesis.
Thank you for correcting many of the public misunderstandings surrounding this issue. nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opi…
Thank you for correcting many of the public misunderstandings surrounding this issue. nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opi…
Last month, top scientists came together to publish a letter in a top scientific journal calling for a credible investigation into both natural and lab origin hypotheses.
science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…
science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…
Shortly after, @POTUS asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts in collecting and analyzing information that could bring us closer to a conclusion, distinguishing between natural vs lab origins. Their report is due in August.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
We’ve seen a stream of well-written media articles about the lab leak hypothesis, but I suspect this one by @zeynep is going to bring it home for a large portion of the public.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1395351720906137604
With scientists, leaders, and the public all concerned that Covid-19 might’ve started in a lab (and that a future pandemic might come from a lab), this should incentivize a real, full-hearted investigation into #OriginsOfCovid
I'm seeing tweets & messages about why it took @nytimes so long to come around.
As a person who spent the last year swimming against the current (& nearly drowning), I think there should be 💯props to journalists who write serious pieces on lab origins in spite of their network.
As a person who spent the last year swimming against the current (& nearly drowning), I think there should be 💯props to journalists who write serious pieces on lab origins in spite of their network.
@nytimes It's really easy to say & write things when 99% of your colleagues, friends, and family already say the same things.
It's extremely difficult to do it when your network says you're an anti-science conspiracy theorist comparable to misinformants responsible for the insurrection.
It's extremely difficult to do it when your network says you're an anti-science conspiracy theorist comparable to misinformants responsible for the insurrection.
@nytimes Some people might think I'm joking. 
It's somehow a common argument: "you're going to make China less cooperative if you keep talking about the lab leak."
So I appreciate this point in Zeynep's article:
"It’s hard to see how angry op-eds could make Chinese officials more intransigent than they already are."
So I appreciate this point in Zeynep's article:
"It’s hard to see how angry op-eds could make Chinese officials more intransigent than they already are."
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