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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

    Colbert is a comedian, but somehow this persists as a serious idea: the lab was there because bats/viruses are there. Dr. Shi, director of that lab, herself expressed how surprised she was at Wuhan location. China has cities: big modern ones. Wuhan is one. https://www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-goes-all-in-on-wuhan-lab-leak-theory …pic.twitter.com/NgLE5uWc7m

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

        Outbreaks can happen or be detected away from where they started?✅Big cities or transportation hubs are places where outbreaks can emerge?✅But can we not portray a huge, modern city with a lab that had been there since the 1950s, way before SARS, as some sort of bat habitat?

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

        The amount of motivated reasoning that can get a pass because people like the conclusion is mind-blowing. Lab safety, wet markets/wildlife trade, people traveling etc. are all reasonable topics/queries. Wuhan lab being purposefully set up near bats/coronaviruses? Come on, folks.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

        No, Colbert got it wrong, but I'm now encountering articles trying to make the case Colbert was right on that. Like here, in the Washington Post quoting a Nature article quoting someone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/15/jon-stewart-lab-leak-colbert/ … https://twitter.com/APunkRockFuture/status/1404862852880650241 …pic.twitter.com/Z1wvmXBBcy

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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

        Occasionally, there are topics I don't feel informed at all from reading traditional media. This lab/zoonosis issue is one of them. Please don't take this as an endorsement of any theory, but my opinion is that people following this from most media can't even get a good overview.

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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Curtis LeMayfield

        I didn't say that. Lab safety/practices is a valid issue, wet markets/wildlife trade is a valid issue. Neither are conspiracy theories, never have been and the media coverage still hasn't caught up, imo. Too much hand-waving going on for a serious topic.https://twitter.com/poliscific/status/1404865914756079629 …

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        Curtis LeMayfield @poliscific
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        Just to clarify...they’re BOTH wrong, right?
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      2. Sol Orwell‏Verified account @sol_orwell 15 Jun 2021
        Replying to @zeynep

        Wuhan has the population of over 11 million. NYC has a population of 8 million.

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      2. Sulid Fan Account‏ @BoobyJargon 15 Jun 2021
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        You’re already coming into this with the a priori assumption that the source was a lab leak

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      2. deft punk‏ @climbingthegod1 15 Jun 2021
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        I was disturbed by Jon Stewart’s rant last night. At best, it’s a bit that flopped.

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      3. Heer Rozenwater‏ @HeerRozenwater 15 Jun 2021
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        Agreed, I am also disappointed in Stewart. Fortunately Colbert did not fully agree with him.

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