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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 12

      Health Nerd Retweeted Amy Maxmen, PhD

      The interesting thing to me is the divergence between the two lab leak theories: 1. Reasonably low likelihood that requires investigation 2. Wild conspiracyhttps://twitter.com/amymaxmen/status/1403756216497500165 …

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      Amy Maxmen, PhDVerified account @amymaxmen
      Very interesting details on US intelligence on a lab-leak, from former US intelligence officer. "I write this because, to put it bluntly, I’m tired of being the butt of stupid and paranoid conspiracy theories being promulgated by those who know better." https://christopherashleyford.medium.com/the-lab-leak-inquiry-at-the-state-department-96973cff3a65 …
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 12

      In the first scenario, which most scientists espouse, we can't rule out the possibility that COVID-19 came from a lab, but it's the least likely explanation by a fair bit Still needs looking in to!

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 12

      In the second scenario, people have aggregated bizarre and nonsensical arguments into an impenetrable morass of vague thinking that supposedly means something - this is why I say it's like a conspiracy theory

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 12

      And much of the argument for a lab leak really does resemble a conspiracy theory, with people saying that Chinese researchers fabricated decades of data and then deleted records and lied to the WHO, while the government covered for them Possible, perhaps, but still...

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        1. Science Nerd‏ @Science54900201 Jun 12
          Replying to @GidMK

          Always keep an open mind. It's happened before.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak …

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        1. Bruce Nye (what/who)‏ @ThaumaturgeRN Jun 12
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          Likely a bit of both. Have to account for CCP's need to 'save face' politically. Record removal and lying to investigators is likely. Still two theories are competing and neither is proven: 1. Zoonosis - no intermediary species yet 2. Lab leak - no contact trace data yet

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        2. Atomsk's Sanakan‏ @AtomsksSanakan Jun 12
          Replying to @GidMK

          Re: "And much of the argument for a lab leak really does resemble a conspiracy theory" I've been saying this for over a year. It doesn't just resemble a conspiracy theory; it is one. It's like HIV conspiracism all over again. https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1390756369091936264 …pic.twitter.com/slGmlwlJI0

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        1. B-loved Dreamer‏ @maymaymeyer Jun 13
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          The 2nd scenario allows covid denialists an opportunity to pivot out of the increasingly untenable "harmless-just-like-flu" position.

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