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Now read the whole thread. The bottom line is that those vague diplomatic cables do not provide any specific information suggesting that #SARSCoV2 emerged from incompetence or poor biosafety protocols or anything else.https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/1250475977647575042 …
We don't know how this virus emerged, but all evidence points to spillover from its natural reservoir, whether that be a bat or some other intermediate species, pangolins or otherwise. Pushing this unsupported "accident" theory hinders efforts to actually determine virus origin
It's irresponsible for political reporters like Rogin uncritically regurgitate a secret "cable" without asking a single virologist or ecologist or making any attempt to understand the scientific context. Thank you, @JeremyKonyndyk, for calling this out.
And also, thank you, @JeremyKonyndyk, for taking the time to do what @joshrogin did not: actually try to understand the underlying science before making rash conclusions about this critical question about the virus's origins.
Can the natural reservoir be shallow and wide, as opposed to a single host?
In my own context I have had a running battle with people making all manner of unsubstantiated claims based on no true understanding of the science. The bioweapon angle being one aspect, linking virus to 5G another etc etc.
How about contrast and compare Germ Theory vs Terrain Theory? Suddenly it all makes sense!
Questioning how, why and where does not hinder. It helps the process and the investigation of the origins. I don't argue your larger point but more discussion of the evidence is good
Yet China just required CCP final approval of any research done on the origin of COVID-19? Even circumstantial evidence starts to really mount up
No. False. Dead wrong. Stories saying the virus could have walked out of the lab make no difference one way or another to your research or anyone else's. It's Occam's Razor, not a conspiracy theory.
So we don’t know how it emerged yet you were pretty sure in February when people were merely laying out options. You may be interested in finding the truth but you’re also highly invested in saving face given your previous hardline. This taints your further input on the matter.pic.twitter.com/pfIofjJH32
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