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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Aug 2021

      I just read an article by Guardian’s *science editor* who says: “In other words, fiddling with viruses in laboratories is not the dangerous activity.” I had to check make sure it wasn’t a fake site trying to discredit traditional journalism. Fake either/or award of the year.pic.twitter.com/NYkRq0MB8E

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Aug 2021

      (If anyone needs a reminder: we still don’t have a consistent picture of the location/identities of the few and clearly incomplete list of the early cases in Wuhan in December 2019/January 2020. What little data we’ve been given is clearly unreliable and inconsistent).

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Aug 2021

          Lots of reasonable opinions here. One, as Ralph Baric, one of world’s top coronavirolists says is, “science alone cannot answer this.” Or how about: “We should guard against natural spillovers, strengthen lab safety standards globally, and strengthen early surveillance system.”

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Aug 2021

          In 1986, after Chernobyl and the Soviet cover-up, there were justified worries that the Black Sea coast of Turkey had been affected. President of Turkey, who got that post after leading a military coup, replied “radiation, shmadiation won’t affect us.” Anyway, just reminiscing.

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Aug 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Keith Mann

          Yeah, something like that. I've seen a lot of terrible articles on this topic, but most people, even with varying opinions, will concede the obvious: research activities with pandemic-potential pathogens is an inherently dangerous activity. Incredible.https://twitter.com/keithmann/status/1429474125530152965 …

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          Keith Mann @keithmann
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          Also, re: wildfires. "In other words, leaving campfires unattended is not the dangerous activity. The real threat comes from lightning."
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        1. Jeff, God of Biscuits Part II‏ @lurkernonumbers 22 Aug 2021
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          I don’t see any reason to ever think we’ll know. Given what a poor job China did dealing with the virus early on, it’s easy to imagine a cover up even if it wasn’t a lab leak. See the Warren Report. (I believe Oswald acted alone but it was a cover up.)https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/opinion/sabato-jfk-assassination/index.html …

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        1. E.B. Webster, MD‏ @Ella4the98th 22 Aug 2021
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          This was good:https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-762/ 

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