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I believe grand-parent was talking about a lab leak, not necessarily with gain of function research being involved, and scientists dismissal. Which is not a di
by Pyramus 6y ago
I believe grand-parent was talking about a lab leak, not necessarily with gain of function research being involved, and scientists dismissal.
Which is not a dismissal at all. What scientists are saying is that both zoonotic transfer and lab leak are plausible, but that we don't have evidence for the latter (yet!) and the former is more likely.
In many media articles this simplifies to 'scientists say virus origins are zoonotic'.
- loveistheanswer 6y ago>the former is more likely. Is this likelihood differential being calculated using data, or is it just a hypothesis?
- Pyramus 6y agoJust a binary variable 'A more likely than B' or vice versa formed from prior zoonotic transfers and lab escapes. I don't think at this point it is credible to assign probabilities to either hypothesis (which are assumed to be exclusive here).