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By no less than Luc Montagnier himself. This looks like the nuclear letter by Einstein to Roosevelt. WSJ is one of the very few remaining solid objective outlet

by cft 5y ago

By no less than Luc Montagnier himself. This looks like the nuclear letter by Einstein to Roosevelt. WSJ is one of the very few remaining solid objective outlets in the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier

brimnes 5y ago
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Montagnier was a promoter of the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus, was deliberately created in, and thereafter escaped from a laboratory. Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists.
- itisit 5y ago
  And other virologists share Montagnier’s assertion that the proverbial pangolins had nothing to do with this fiasco.
- mrtesthah 5y ago
  >Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists. You make it sound like there’s a consensus here, but I don’t think that’s actually the case—at least not anymore, if it was true before.
- jimmygrapes 5y ago
  You sure about that?
- ekianjo 5y ago
  > other virologists. You mean the Lancet Hoax?
- rasz 5y ago
  >Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists. like Peter Daszak, Shi Zhengli, and Fauci https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-r...
  - cft 5y ago
    There's a ring of people here that gang up and downvote posts, waging political wars. Then they seek out and downvote others recent comments by the same user. dang has to look into this.
mixologic 5y ago
Just from reading his wikipedia bio, whatever gravitas he may have once had seems to have been traded for conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. This looks like idea laundering.
- WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
- ekianjo 5y ago
  > wikipedia bio You should know better than blindly trust wikipedia. It's written by humans, too, who are not devoid of bias.
  - eesmith 5y ago
    Nor should one blindly trust a Nobel Prize winner. cft (who, like us all, is not devoid of bias) linked to Wikipedia as support for the importance of this letter. I think it's only fair to examine that page to check if that support is appropriate.

by cft 5y ago

brimnes 5y ago

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Montagnier was a promoter of the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus, was deliberately created in, and thereafter escaped from a laboratory. Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists.

itisit 5y ago
And other virologists share Montagnier’s assertion that the proverbial pangolins had nothing to do with this fiasco.
mrtesthah 5y ago
>Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists. You make it sound like there’s a consensus here, but I don’t think that’s actually the case—at least not anymore, if it was true before.
jimmygrapes 5y ago
You sure about that?
ekianjo 5y ago
> other virologists. You mean the Lancet Hoax?
rasz 5y ago
>Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists. like Peter Daszak, Shi Zhengli, and Fauci https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-r...
- cft 5y ago
  There's a ring of people here that gang up and downvote posts, waging political wars. Then they seek out and downvote others recent comments by the same user. dang has to look into this.

mixologic 5y ago

Just from reading his wikipedia bio, whatever gravitas he may have once had seems to have been traded for conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. This looks like idea laundering.

WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
ekianjo 5y ago
> wikipedia bio You should know better than blindly trust wikipedia. It's written by humans, too, who are not devoid of bias.
- eesmith 5y ago
  Nor should one blindly trust a Nobel Prize winner. cft (who, like us all, is not devoid of bias) linked to Wikipedia as support for the importance of this letter. I think it's only fair to examine that page to check if that support is appropriate.