After last night’s @C4Dispatches #OriginsOfCovid documentary I’ve seen a rise in responses claiming that to even ask if a lab leak might’ve occurred is racist.
Most of the world is Asian, and our safety from future outbreaks shouldn’t be collateral from the fighting in the West.
Most of the world is Asian, and our safety from future outbreaks shouldn’t be collateral from the fighting in the West.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1397640597729595393
We are living in a time when the number of research-related incidents is increasing rapidly because of the growing number of labs working with pathogens. This has nothing to do with which country or race is doing the experiments. Just the volume of work and local regulations.
We don’t seem to get the point. Even if the virus is one day found to have leaked from a lab, it doesn’t justify any racism.
It’s not like racism is allowed if the virus came from a lab 😑
It’s not like racism is allowed if the virus came from a lab 😑
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1399894346829373443
The messaging should not be “the virus can’t have come from a lab and anyone who says so is racist” because the reverse is that if the virus did come from a lab (a scientific, facts-based question), then racists are suddenly right and take credit for science. This makes 0 sense.
Can I suggest some ways to constructively fight racism on the topic of #OriginsOfCovid
Please tell the stories of brave Chinese people who tried to warn others around the world about the virus when it first broke out.
No matter how the virus emerged, these folks are heroes.
Please tell the stories of brave Chinese people who tried to warn others around the world about the virus when it first broke out.
No matter how the virus emerged, these folks are heroes.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1429423337080512518
We need more coverage and analysis of this untenable situation we continue to live in today where the burden lies completely on selfless whistleblowers to warn the entire world whenever a new pathogen is causing devastation.
cnn.com/interactive/20…
cnn.com/interactive/20…
Just telling people not to be racist has never stopped racism.
Ending discrimination requires a lot of work helping people to understand where their bias comes from.
An important part of that includes telling them human stories about the people they don’t see as fully human.
Ending discrimination requires a lot of work helping people to understand where their bias comes from.
An important part of that includes telling them human stories about the people they don’t see as fully human.
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