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It is Hacker News trope really, more and more evidence mounts that it was indeed - a lab leak, there has been lengthy research reports from journalists on this
by Giorgi 5y ago
It is Hacker News trope really, more and more evidence mounts that it was indeed - a lab leak, there has been lengthy research reports from journalists on this matter, but Hacker News remains in doubt. Which is strange, one kind of expects Hackers to weight everything and see if theory withholds scrutiny.
Same thing happens with that ultrasound attack against US diplomates in Cuba, Hacker news users claim it was just grasshopers while more and more evidence mounts it was a Russian attack.
- wwweston 5y ago> more and more evidence mounts that it was indeed - a lab leak Perhaps you mean "less and less evidence"? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/18/coronavirus-origins-wuhan-market-animals-science-journal/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/18/coronavirus... https://www.science.org/content/article/why-many-scientists-say-unlikely-sars-cov-2-originated-lab-leak https://www.science.org/content/article/why-many-scientists-...
- Giorgi 5y agoNo I mean more and more evidence: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-intel-review-covid-origins/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-intel-revi... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-lab-leak-theory-of-covids-origin-is-not-totally-irrational/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-lab-leak-theo... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-how-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-suddenly-became-credible/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-...
- wwweston 5y agoIf you read the links I've posted, you'll note at least two things about them: 1) They include observation from figures who started open to the idea that the lab leak hypothesis was plausible enough to explore, but have concluded that it's unlikely (and explain why) 2) They are more recent
- drran 5y agoIf you read links you've posted, you'll note that the BSL4 lab in Wuhan, China is ruled out only. Did they rule out «Vector» BSL4 lab in Novosibirsk, RF?
- Giorgi 5y agoIf you yourself read the links you posted, you'd know these two thins are just speculation 1) They do not explain way, Worobey just assumes that first patient was different person, with connection to wet market, while it is known that both WHO and China identified earlier patient without connection to the wet market. If you read long enough you will find that he is being criticized exactly for that assumptions without any proof. 2) Does not matter.
- knownjorbist 5y agoWhy would you link older articles as though they're part of a trend, when the person you responded to had more recent information to share?
- Giorgi 5y agoBecause articles published recently are not "more recent information". It's just confirmation bias.
- hlwez 5y agoNIH admitted to funding gain of function research at Wuhan. Done. Over. Period.