So it begins. @alexberezow at @ACSHorg now buys into the version of the conspiracy theory pushed that #SARSCoV2, the virus that causes #COVID19, came from a Wuhan BSL-4 lab. 1/ https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/04/13/best-evidence-yet-coronavirus-came-wuhan-bsl-4-lab-14712 …
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@alexberezow even cites the@NatureMedicine paper that demonstrated conclusively that#SARSCoV2 was not engineered, and then blithely claims that that "doesn't mean it didn't come from a lab." 3/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 …Show this thread -
The latest version of this conspiracy theory relies on a job posting for a scientist to study bat coronaviruses, the idea being that a newly discovered bat
#coronavirus somehow escaped the Wuhan lab. It's nonsense, of course. 4/Show this thread -
This embrace of conspiracy theory is yet one more reason not to take either
@alexberezow or@ACSHorg seriously as a reliable source of scientific information. They're astroturf and are becoming the Infowars of science communication. 5/5Show this thread
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