A "new study" has hit the headlines that apparently proves that SARS-CoV-2 was lab-grown I am QUITE SKEPTICAL for a number of reasons, would love your thoughts...pic.twitter.com/J9aJc1BeTq
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: the abstract is...kind of weird
I'm not a virologist, but talking about some previous experiments that "reverse the burden of proof" is...not really logicalpic.twitter.com/9GUPW0Bt3Q
Also, the statement in the abstract that "all relevant" information has been destroyed or is unavailable is both untrue and a weeeird conspiracy theory for a scientific journal to publish
Reading the abstract, they literally say "because of our study, which does not prove anything, we expect other people to prove that the virus did not escape from a lab" Like I said, not ideal logic that
In an interview, one of the two scientists also says things that are, uh, wrong Again, not a virologist but as I understand it this is simply untrue (natural viruses can do lots of things)pic.twitter.com/G9G3KKvEnB
Anyway, would love some virologists perspectives on this because it does not seem likely despite being everywhere in the news @MackayIM @angie_rasmussen @trvrb
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629563/Chinese-scientists-created-COVID-19-lab-tried-cover-tracks-new-study-claims.html …pic.twitter.com/shMz0HKj0Q
science by press release is ALWAYS a red flag
The AMA pushed an unpublished, not yet reviewed article about AstraZeneca vaccine effectiveness. I agree it's a big red flag. I wasn't impressed with the AMA doing it.
This is true, but I think journalists (and thus the public) tend to give too much credence to papers that ARE published. Science is a process of speculation; most speculations will turn out to be wrong, and that's okay.
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