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NYT article from less than two months ago still underlining that the lab leak hypothesis has been thoroughly dismissed by scientists and it was an idea pushed b

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• Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  Two things can be true at once—Pompeo and Trump may have decided to push a theory they wanted to be true, without actually examining the evidence for it. That's obviously not productive—but the theory could still be true. The article does mention that some scientists thought the lab leak was a real possibility. They even quote Dr. Fauci saying saying as much (although he made it clear that he thought a natural cause was more likely).
• dqv 5y ago
  Yeah this is what I was talking about elsewhere in this thread. But what the article really says is the hypothesis "that the virus was created or modified intentionally in a lab were dismissed by scientists and U.S. intelligence officials." That does not preclude it from being leaked from a lab. I find it uncomfortable that they are using crafty wording to jump from "it wasn't created in a lab" to the virus never escaping the lab, which are two entirely different claims.
  • refurb 5y ago
    Very common technique to manipulate public opinion. If you want to quash some idea, just take the most extreme example (even if only the fringe believe it) and prove it false (which is easy since you picked the most extreme example). Once you’ve proven it false, then forever refer to any related claim as “already proven false”.