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    1. 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. Sol Orwell‏Verified account @sol_orwell 15 Jun 2021
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      Wuhan has the population of over 11 million. NYC has a population of 8 million.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021
      Replying to @KatzOnEarth @sol_orwell

      It is not. What, lab leaks cannot happen in big cities? I think you mean to say "big cities have travel to them, which is one more possible path." That's not an argument against.

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    6. Sol Orwell‏Verified account @sol_orwell 15 Jun 2021
      Replying to @KatzOnEarth @zeynep

      This. I don't have a dog in this, but as a layperson, Wuhan was often implied as a boondocks location which curiously had a modern lab near it. Just some villagers + wet market + advanced biology lab nearby is what MANY people Wuhan is.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Jun 2021
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      What do you expect when trad media can still publish, with a straight face, the idea that the lab is there because bats/coronaviruses are there? In an environment where that doesn't embarrass people or get a fact-checker to scream, how can anyone follow the actual story/science?

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        1. Sol Orwell‏Verified account @sol_orwell 15 Jun 2021
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          Oh we're in 100% agreement there.

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        2. MaximusDerrick‏ @misguidedsoul7 15 Jun 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @sol_orwell @KatzOnEarth

          Reading this thread makes me think the daily beast's reporting is a bit off. I watched it and, both from that and everyone's reactions (including mine) the really surprising thing was Stewart's extended conspiratorial bit, rather than Colbert"s ...

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        3. MaximusDerrick‏ @misguidedsoul7 15 Jun 2021
          Replying to @misguidedsoul7 @zeynep and

          ...reaction.i think he was surprised and uncomfortable, and Stewart's entire ramble was based on the name of the lab and what they study. I get what you're focusing on, but the bigger misinformation driver here is stewart. it was *objectively*...very odd

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