Scientists (and journalists), if you're afraid the lab #OriginOfCovid hypothesis will inflame racism, just say so. And explain why a lab accident has nothing to do with race.
Don't say that "science" says a lab #OriginOfCovid is a conspiracy theory. This politicizes science.
Don't say that "science" says a lab #OriginOfCovid is a conspiracy theory. This politicizes science.
The moment our public figures and pundits (and even celebrities) start debating when it is acceptable to politicize science and, more importantly, who can politicize science, public trust in science is gone.
Hearing that some scientists and journalists might've cast the lab #OriginOfCovid hypothesis as a conspiracy theory to fight racism, and not because of actual science, makes me mad. As a scientist, as an asian person, and as a human being.
A market-based or lab-based pandemic doesn't care if you're a scientist or an asian person.
Preventing an investigation, delaying an informed response to a pandemic does not serve non-white communities, who often end up suffering disproportionately from pandemics.
Preventing an investigation, delaying an informed response to a pandemic does not serve non-white communities, who often end up suffering disproportionately from pandemics.
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