Also, much gratitude again to the research team I work with—the stellar @avizvizenilman and @isaacscher duo. After editing the original piece down from 20K words to this 5500+ word version—still so long for traditional media!—we went through a very detailed fact-checking grind.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ruth
Absolutely. As the piece tries to detail, the response may well be the most important lever we have. That perspective can help shape our risk/benefit analyses for broader research as well.https://twitter.com/RuthReader/status/1408428895897063433 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Declan Butler
Former Nature reporter who had written many (very useful) articles on biosafety which, he notes correctly, ha taken a backseat to this debate even though it is crucial—it is important no matter may have happened. Yet, such experts are rarely interviewed.https://twitter.com/Declan_M_Butler/status/1408452780772188162 …
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Declan Butler @Declan_M_Butler4/5 Biosafety has taken a backseat in debate. But no matter how SARS-CoV-2 emerged, the debate thows spotlight on need for greater oversight and openness in biosafety and rigorous biosafety culture in research worldwide involving pathogens of pandemic potential.Show this thread4 replies 25 retweets 152 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Katherine Eban
An apology and explanation: My draft, with full sourcing, was in to my editor before
@KatherineEban’s excellent piece covering especially the sleuthing—which wasn’t my focus—at great length was published. (The material had been ignored by US media!). Still, I should’ve linked.https://twitter.com/KatherineEban/status/1408782784378908674 …zeynep tufekci added,
Katherine Eban @KatherineEbanGlad to see@nytimes belatedly but appropriately embed a link in@zeynep’s#COVID19#LabLeak op-ed to my 11,000 word@VanityFair article of 3 weeks ago, which broke many elements of this story: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins …. Many wrote to me about the omission, which has been fixed.4 replies 31 retweets 180 likesShow this thread -
I also didn’t write much about the media angle—and how much fairy basic stuff was essentially unreported in traditional western media—with US media lagging more than most.
@KatherineEban’s piece was key to breaking through and deserves extra appreciation for that.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Moya
I don’t know how many times this would work but here you go…
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Moya
Another attempt at a gift link.
https://twitter.com/rednfiery/status/1409124414684233735 …zeynep tufekci added,
Moya @rednfieryReplying to @Sandwich_Smith @NGrossman81 @zeynepArgh. How about this link instead? I wanna figure out how to make this work!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-lab.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkTlUZBibSRdkhrxqAwvPI2rs6j2H_NjWODDJLxaIVH42EsQ_rVJZUWuESjX6dVcMTd_gmXuBzxetSeBZgQAD2-8Ld3c1Uc3lw9IjuDyY8gsOXGL40_2_mY2Llcrxzyff3pR-JMRmcU6fd2HAkIAhisMElIQnsgSpUs_-DRu1l2dB-3eMjAYR6Q1oDZyqIv_ruA3ZuKYnML0GcukRtBbYvCXyElsWc6rkDbAxXFVrFKXt_6m8_495XU8gFZRienIphkAY1-19hHKHVBg&smid=url-share …4 replies 1 retweet 50 likesShow this thread -
As an example of really poor state of claims made in traditional media and high-prestige outlets. On the left, latest from an SF Chronicle editorial on the location of the Wuhan lab. On the right, reality. This shouldn't pass the most elementary fact-check—but it gets repeated.pic.twitter.com/jhwB8l83fX
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Chinese scientists, Lancet, Jan 2020: "bat virus but local bats hibernating." Dr. Shi, Nature, Feb 2020: guilty bats in Yunnan, ~1000km away. Repeats later she thinks zoonosis but not in Hubei—let alone Wuhan. Western media 16 months later: The lab was where the viruses were!
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Zhihua Chen Retweeted Zhihua Chen
And yet, where sars1 broke out is also over 1000 kilometers from the Yunnan caves. fact-check meet fact-check.https://twitter.com/zhihuachen/status/1408753168863928322 …
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Something I *explicitly* point out in my piece and is true, unlike the nonsense I highlighted above. You've been tagging me with a lot of factually incorrect things lately, so I'm going to kindly request you either read what I write or stop the non-stop tagging. Thanks.
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Now I’m thoroughly embarrassed. Please point out the factually incorrect things I tagged you. I’m just obsessed with this situation. And I imagine it’s very taxing for you to actually correspond with everyone.
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At the risk of getting blocked
, I’ll still link here the three things I tagged you with, which I don’t think are factually incorrect. Two are critiques of specifics, one takes inspiration from your discussion of civets. By the way, I read your piece and thought it very helpful1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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