Thread by @Ayjchan

I can empathize with those who say "don't talk about a lab #OriginOfCovid" because your safety + job prospects will be in danger, it might stir up geopolitical conflict, it could embolden extremists.

But it is untrue that there is not enough evidence to ask for an investigation.

As early as February 2020, scientists, both in and outside of China, were publicly and privately worrying about a lab leak origin of the pandemic.

3 years later, the WHO, the Lancet Commission, US intelligence and government all agree a lab #OriginOfCovid must be investigated.

There is no evidence in the past 3 years that would make a lab #OriginOfCovid implausible.

Would WHO, US IC+gov, Lancet Commission, and numerous reputable virologists all be asking whether this virus came from a lab if there wasn't sufficient evidence?

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1537423065226825734

The stakes of not investigating a lab #OriginOfCovid are extremely high. It can be measured in millions of deaths & trillions in economic damage. A future lab release of a deadly pathogen, accidental or not, can devastate our medical workforce and even civilization as we know it.

If we don't want to deal with the reality that a small but growing number of scientists around the world are engaging in some fairly risky pathogen experiments that have the potential to cause pandemics, then those of us who can should probably start investing in bunkers.

It sounds absurd but what happens if a virus that kills half the people it infects is enhanced in a lab so that it spreads through the air and this escapes or is released into the city that lab is based in?

What happens when 1 in 2 people around the world die?