I find it weird that some science writers have spent more time defending other science writers who ignored/downplayed Daszak's conflicts of interest, instead of complaining about The Lancet.https://twitter.com/mbalter/status/1412785590278438912 …
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I wrote that this has been a real low point for science
#journalism and was taken to task for it, but everything I see just makes it worse--including the near total lack of self-reflection and examination of biases by many colleagues.@zeynep has got the best take on this.2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
Personally, I covered it in April 2020 as a totally feasible hypothesis. Is this really such a uniform problem in the sector or was it more of a US problem?
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I think it was a very American issue driven by Trump Derangement Syndrome. I don't see it having been such a problem in the UK or other countries. Seems a very American thing.
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ok, also useful thank you.
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To be honest, I also think the problem went well beyond Trump's (not positive) influence on all this. (Though that was certainly a factor).
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Trump has put us in a bind, because if China is covering up a lab-leak then that “plays into the hands” of the right’s anti-Asian racism, which we should be rejecting no matter what. The constant search for simplistic scenarios messes us up every time.
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I don't get that logic, maybe because I come from the part of the world with many authoritarian governments. Equating a government with the people—who have little to no choice—*is* racist. As for racists? Not criticizing the Chinese government isn't gonna make them less racist.
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Yup.
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