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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.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 14

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Kevin Bird

      Correct. Even though there is some plausibility for #LabLeak, the arguments being made for #LabLeakTheory currently bear all of the hallmarks of a conspiracy theory.https://twitter.com/thebirdmaniac/status/1404550561232531471 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Kevin Bird @thebirdmaniac
      Calling lab leak a conspiracy theory is still accurate. Proponents rarely stop at saying it is merely plausible. Without any concrete evidence they posit coverups and conspiracies by various combinations of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese government, and US researchers
      39 replies 72 retweets 420 likes
    2. amateurimager‏ @amateurimager Jun 15
      Replying to @gorskon

      I think you folks in the public-facing expert group are a bit biased against lab-leak precisely because it has some necessary conspiratorial elements and you’ve spent so long debunking and arguing against genuine crazies. It doesn’t seem it can be ruled out quite yet

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 15
      Replying to @amateurimager

      No one—and I mean *no one*, including myself—has ruled it out. We have simply pointed out how much less likely #LabLeak is than zoonosis. It doesn’t help that the arguments being used by advocates are a dumpster fire of bad science, appeals to incredulity, and conspiracy theory.

      10:13 AM - 15 Jun 2021
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 15
          Replying to @amateurimager

          When you use bad science and arguments rooted in conspiracy theory, nuance gives undue credit to those bad arguments. The nuance comes in saying that #LabLeak has some plausibility but that *right now* it is, as currently argued, a conspiracy theory. Because it is.

          8 replies 8 retweets 34 likes
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        1. Sandip Bhattacharya  💉4 🌏 ✌️‏ @sandipb Jun 17
          Replying to @gorskon

          I feel there are a lot of parallels to the climate change arguments here - scientists are always comfortable in talking in probability terms, and 100% is too high a bar. But if there is anything < 100% all kinds of weirdos come out saying "Aha!"

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        1. I am Steve‏ @Costello_stats Jun 17
          Replying to @gorskon @amateurimager

          While I agree, this issue is compounded when people wanted to have reasonable discourse early on.. and were told by scholars and academics to shove it. Unfortunately some doctors, scientists and researchers have done a poor job allowing open dialogue. They’ve fanned the fires

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