Oh, goody. It looks as though @LesleyRStahl and @60Minutes is going full bore #COVID19 conspiracy mongering tonight, full of false equivalence.https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1376313571634769924 …
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted 60 Minutes
Oh, goody. It looks as though @LesleyRStahl and @60Minutes is going full bore #COVID19 conspiracy mongering tonight, full of false equivalence.https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1376313571634769924 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
They seem not to realise that the sequencing shows its not artificial and virologist have been very clear on this all along.
IKR? That analysis was published a year ago!
Yes. I mean they've shown the bat lineage. Its been out there a long time. Also when labs change RNA artificially they almost always insert off the shelf units which are well characterised. There are none of those in this virus
Yup. Genetic manipulation leaves telltale traces that are very hard not to leave, given how you usually still need to use restriction enzymes, etc...
Plus its like using a phrasebook when visiting Prague. There are some "phrases" where we are pretty sure of what it will do. Trying to make up your own Czech words makes it far harder to buy a beer
Sadly, @60Minutes and @LesleyRStahl's story was full of false balance, and didn't interview someone who really could have explained why we don't think #SARSCoV2 was from a lab. The @WHO scientist they did interview was too vague.
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