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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. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 16
      Replying to @GidMK

      Nah. It's just a conspiracy theory right now. That #LabLeak is *possible* doesn't make it any less a conspiracy theory.

      4 replies 5 retweets 37 likes
    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 16
      Replying to @gorskon

      I think I agree - the theory that there is a lab leak has essentially become a conspiracy, even if the question was originally a valid one

      2 replies 3 retweets 22 likes
    3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Jun 16
      Replying to @GidMK @gorskon

      The question is valid, but, based on the events of the past year and the evidence at hand, there's literally no way the lab leak hypothesis could possibly be true without a conspiracy to cover it up.

      8 replies 6 retweets 45 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 16
      Replying to @angie_rasmussen @gorskon

      That's not untrue, although you could argue that the Chinese govt has shown little interest in investigating the possibility as well

      2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
    5. Scott Meyers  🧢‏ @ScottVMeyers Jun 16
      Replying to @GidMK @angie_rasmussen @gorskon

      Interesting that they haven't put massive resources into finding the source like they did with SARS-1. Might lead one to think they already know where it came from.

      2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 16
      Replying to @ScottVMeyers @angie_rasmussen @gorskon

      That's not really true, they've put quite a lot of resource into it already. Perhaps more importantly, the world is making it very clear that China can be convicted without any real evidence so why would they put more effort into it anyway?

      4 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 16
      Replying to @GidMK @ScottVMeyers @angie_rasmussen

      Yup. As I like to say, just because the Chinese are uncooperative with outside investigations is not in and of itself evidence for #LabLeak. It could support #LabLeakTheory, but it could also be human nature when accused by enemies of having caused a global catastrophe.

      9 replies 8 retweets 41 likes
    8. Bill Hanage‏Verified account @BillHanage Jun 16
      Replying to @gorskon @GidMK and

      I think the uncooperativeness would be there regardless of anything. It doesn’t tell us anything

      1 reply 1 retweet 23 likes
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 16
      Replying to @BillHanage @GidMK and

      Precisely! It's human nature, particularly in authoritarian regimes, to react negatively when accused of horrible things and then resist investigations designed to prove those horrible things.

      4 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
    10. Edward Nirenberg‏ @ENirenberg Jun 16
      Replying to @gorskon @BillHanage and

      I don’t know if it’s restricted to authoritarian regimes. Can’t imagine if the initial outbreak were in the US and people demanded labs turn over their documents and data to foreign nations, they would get a particularly different response.

      4 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jun 16
      Replying to @ENirenberg @BillHanage and

      You're probably correct. Heck, if Trump were still President, he'd have characterized accusations as "fake news" and likely moved to block labs from cooperating. I'm not sure that any other President would be that much more cooperative.

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