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Fred Guterl
@fredguterl
special projects editor @newsweek, formerly @sciam exec editor, author (Fate of the Species), he/him.
Mar 28, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
"The near-certainty with which Dr. Fauci spoke publicly of zoonotic crossover is somewhat incongruous with his private communications from that time."

Just one of many terrific lines in @Megankstack's superb essay on the "lab-leak" story... 1/n
nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opi… ... in which, 3 years ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci almost single-handedly consigned the notion that the COVID virus might have escaped from a lab to the fringes of public discussion for a year or more after the pandemic began... 2/n
Mar 6, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Apparent weaknesses in the Russian military, and in President Vladimir Putin's standing abroad and at home, could increase the chance that Russia resorts to nuclear weapons in the conflict. "If the Russian campaign starts to feel like a military catastrophe..." "...that's where escalation to nuclear weapons comes into play," says MIT's Barry Posen.

A nuclear conflagration is unlikely for the moment, but that's small solace, experts say: