John P. Moore is one of the coauthors of the article in the @Nation claiming that the publication in the @nytimes of @Ayjchan's well-documented brief for the lab leak origin of #Covid_19 was "shoddy" and "an example of science opinion run amok." He took the letter to 1/5
The Nation's editor by me and @fcabello1 mentioning that both targets of his and Gregg Gonsalves's piece were women scholars as an accusation of sexism. He wrote to me in response, claiming that "several female academics who support the natural origins hypothesis have been 2/5
subjected to unambiguously sexist and personal attacks from Lab Leak supporters." This is incorrect. The women scientists criticized by lab leak supporters repeatedly called the latter "conspiracy theorists," and in some cases wrote to their employers requesting that they be 3/5
sanctioned. The pushback to this has been justified, having nothing to do with gender. This was entirely different from Moore's and Gonsalves's failure to address the evidence Dr. Chan adduced, accusing her of a "science-be-damned" attitude, and questioning her right to a 4/5
platform in a widely read medium. Dr. Moore has no account on this site, but perhaps one of his allies (@DrPaulOffit?) can explain the use of these tactics in this important debate. 5/5
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