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I think the clearest article on topic is from Zeynep Tufekci https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-lab.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/

by chx 5y ago

I think the clearest article on topic is from Zeynep Tufekci https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-lab.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/opinion/coronavirus-lab.h... who says , repeatedly what we do not know and what is disturbing.

pelario 5y ago
Somebody in HN recommended Zeynep Tufekci for covid coverage, and I'm really thankful for that, as IMO is quality scientific journalism.
jdthedisciple 5y ago
If only it wasn't behind a paywall :(
- ggsp 5y ago
  https://archive.is/V0ERz https://archive.is/V0ERz
ricardobeat 5y ago
https://archive.md/V0ERz https://archive.md/V0ERz
synquid 5y ago
Zeynep has been wrong so many times during the pandemic that it hurts. She will not admit to it, though. She claimed that the Delta variant would end the pandemic, in the same way it is claimed for Omicron now. She's very naive about how the immune system works. Her writing is generally more propaganda than science.
- p49k 5y ago
  > She claimed that the Delta variant would end the pandemic No she didn't - the article you're referring to is below, and what she said was more nuanced. It's also a reasonable analysis from the perspective of the time it was written (May 2021): https://www.theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-get-real-about-how-the https://www.theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-get-real-about-how-t...
- kelnage 5y ago
  Citation? The best I could find with a quick Google was her NYT opinion piece [1], which pretty clearly couched her statements about Delta possibly being the last surge in hospitalisations and deaths in the US as a potential scenario and not a certainty. Whilst I agree that she (and most other science reporters!) use simplistic models for immune system responses (possibly more for her readers), I’m yet to come across anything she’s written that has been very clearly wrong or she hasn’t later corrected/clarified. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/covid-winter-risk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/covid-winter-risk...

by chx 5y ago

pelario 5y ago

Somebody in HN recommended Zeynep Tufekci for covid coverage, and I'm really thankful for that, as IMO is quality scientific journalism.

jdthedisciple 5y ago

If only it wasn't behind a paywall :(

ggsp 5y ago
https://archive.is/V0ERz https://archive.is/V0ERz

ricardobeat 5y ago

https://archive.md/V0ERz https://archive.md/V0ERz

synquid 5y ago

Zeynep has been wrong so many times during the pandemic that it hurts. She will not admit to it, though. She claimed that the Delta variant would end the pandemic, in the same way it is claimed for Omicron now. She's very naive about how the immune system works. Her writing is generally more propaganda than science.

p49k 5y ago
> She claimed that the Delta variant would end the pandemic No she didn't - the article you're referring to is below, and what she said was more nuanced. It's also a reasonable analysis from the perspective of the time it was written (May 2021): https://www.theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-get-real-about-how-the https://www.theinsight.org/p/we-need-to-get-real-about-how-t...
kelnage 5y ago
Citation? The best I could find with a quick Google was her NYT opinion piece [1], which pretty clearly couched her statements about Delta possibly being the last surge in hospitalisations and deaths in the US as a potential scenario and not a certainty. Whilst I agree that she (and most other science reporters!) use simplistic models for immune system responses (possibly more for her readers), I’m yet to come across anything she’s written that has been very clearly wrong or she hasn’t later corrected/clarified. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/covid-winter-risk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/covid-winter-risk...