Yikes. We’ll probably never know for sure, but looks like the lab-accident theory is not crackpottery.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html …
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Dr. Angela Rasmussen
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Carl T. Bergstrom
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Carl T. BergstromVerified account @CT_BergstromTo conclude, I find it unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 is a product of a gain-of-function experiment gone awry. But the fact that it *could be* should make us very reluctant to conduct such gain-of-function work going forward, at least in the absence of extraordinary need.Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 9 likesShow this thread
I don’t take ad hominems about the author being a BA in English rather than a microbiologist seriously. Play the ball. There’s a there there worth rebutting at least.
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