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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. Michael Hiltzik‏Verified account @hiltzikm Jun 6
      Replying to @meckdevil @gorskon @aetiology

      Thanks, but I think there’s much more to it than that. The DM article is about a paper that puts forth an argument that appears elsewhere, including in that benighted Wade article. It all needs to be debunked, and I think Gorski did it expertly.

      2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
    2. John Mecklin‏ @meckdevil Jun 6
      Replying to @hiltzikm @gorskon @aetiology

      Hmmm. The article is good because it takes on things, in other publications, that it doesn't mention. Ahh, Carnac the Magnificent sees it... Well, no, even Carnac doesn't see that. That paper isn't referenced in the Wade article. And what you've linked to is, really, kinda lame.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Michael Hiltzik‏Verified account @hiltzikm Jun 6
      Replying to @meckdevil @gorskon @aetiology

      no, but their claim about four positive amono acids being some sort of signifier of an engineered virus is in Wade’s article, and it’s been shown to be wrong.

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    4. John Mecklin‏ @meckdevil Jun 6
      Replying to @hiltzikm @gorskon @aetiology

      I'm not going to get into the weeds on Twitter, but the argument you're making is bogus in my estimation, and I think David Baltimore should be listened to. 1/2

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. John Mecklin‏ @meckdevil Jun 6
      Replying to @meckdevil @hiltzikm and

      “When I first saw the furin cleavage site in the viral sequence, with its arginine codons, I said to my wife it was the smoking gun for the origin of the virus,” said David Baltimore, an eminent virologist and former president of CalTech.

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. John Mecklin‏ @meckdevil Jun 6
      Replying to @meckdevil @hiltzikm and

      “These features make a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for SARS2,” he said.

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Michael Hiltzik‏Verified account @hiltzikm Jun 7
      Replying to @meckdevil @gorskon @aetiology

      Where did Baltimore say this, by the way? I can't find a reference to an original source, and every other reference I've found takes it from Wade, who doesn't cite his source. BAS should footnote it, at least, given the outsized influence it seems to have had.

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 7
      Replying to @hiltzikm @meckdevil @aetiology

      It's also an appeal to authority to quote Baltimore. I can list a number of scientists who have gone totally down the rabbit hole of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories IN THEIR OWN AREAS OF EXPERTISE—and not just about #COVID19.

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 7
      Replying to @gorskon @hiltzikm and

      As an example of such a scientist, who has gone full conspiracy theorist about #SARSCoV2 #LabLeakTheory, I present Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier...from over a year ago!https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/04/21/montagnier-says-coronavirus-was-made-in-a-wuhan-lab/ …

      2 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
    10. PONDERWALL‏ @ponderwall Jun 7
      Replying to @gorskon @doritmi and

      He has serious arguments on the subject; and he obviously does not care about smearing. As a scientist, he has studied the matter and explained his opinion.https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2020/04/18/lab-grown-coronavirus/ …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 7
      Replying to @ponderwall @doritmi and

      "Serious arguments." You keep using that term. I do not think it means what you think it means.🙄😂🤦🏻‍♂️pic.twitter.com/k1KkItVN6X

      7:49 AM - 7 Jun 2021
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