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    1. David Klion‏Verified account @DavidKlion 8 Jun 2021

      I've been hesitant to wade into "lab leak" because I truly know nothing about virology, but as @HeerJeet notes, the pundits most eager to jump to the most terrifying conclusion today are the exact ones who jumped to the most terrifying conclusion in 2003. https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/contra-the-covid-contrarians …pic.twitter.com/QsorZjmmo9

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    2. John B. Judis‏ @JohnBJudis 8 Jun 2021
      Replying to @DavidKlion @HeerJeet

      I don't think this is a useful way to look at the controversy. No one except on the rightwing fringes is saying the Chinese deliberately started or spread the pandemic, but that the virus may have ACCIDENTALLY leaked. By contrast, the people above deemed Saddam a nuclear threat.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Jun 2021
      Replying to @JohnBJudis @DavidKlion

      According to a recent poll, 39% of Republicans believe the virus “was created in a laboratory and released on purpose.”

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        2. Rob Stevens 🇺🇦‏ @SocialDemSheff 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JohnBJudis @DavidKlion

          25% of Americans believe the country is run by Satan worshipping pedophiles. This- and that 39%- says more about the state of mental health in the USA than it does anything else.

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        3. Joyous Panther‏ @JoyousPanther 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @SocialDemSheff @HeerJeet and

          They are the same people. Republicans.

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        2. Ramsey Merbert‏ @4anno 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JohnBJudis @DavidKlion

          The first sentence says Cotton tried to mainstream the idea it was intentionally released bioweapon. That was not his main contention at the time and in the 18 months since is not at all the main point made by the loudest voices. 39% of GOP can be add paranoia on their own.

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        3. Ramsey Merbert‏ @4anno 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @4anno @HeerJeet and

          To frame this as a GOP issue is to miss the vast amount of serious reporters who made substantive arguments or provided nuanced reporting, like Jim Geraghty and Josh Rogin. Not a GOP failure that it was falsely reported in MSM to be a debunked theory, leading liberals astray.

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        2. Steve Freeman‏ @steveinmerida 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JohnBJudis @DavidKlion

          Like he said....

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        3. Christopher Crowe‏ @ccrowe82 9 Jun 2021
          Replying to @steveinmerida @HeerJeet and

          I would think that 39% no longer qualifies as a fringe within that group. Unfortunately…

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