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It’s hard to believe how bad this is. Not the lab leak theory itself, but the fact that scientists found it plausible that a scientific mistake released an epid
by dash2 5y ago
It’s hard to believe how bad this is. Not the lab leak theory itself, but the fact that scientists found it plausible that a scientific mistake released an epidemic which killed 20m people – and decided they should cover this up because “talking about it might harm science“. This is truly scandalous, and I don’t see how those people can remain in their post.
- mandmandam 5y agoLet's not forget the media's role in selectively amplifying and smearing scientists. Or government's role setting the agenda (and bungling the response horrifically while putting all the blame on political opposition and the unvaccinated). Or FB and Twitter's role in deleting millions of posts re the mere possibility of a lab leak. Or various health organization's roles watching all this and saying nothing. ... Looking at all this - is it time to reexamine some other major incidents in the last 20.75 years?
- kklisura 5y agoI find that behaviour more dangerous than any other anti-science or anti-vax movements. That behaviour degrades the public trust in institutions, in science and in scientists. It will breed even more anti-science and anti-vax people for years to come.
- xeyownt 5y agoConspiracy theory at its best. Self-amplifying narrative. Congratulation.
- hunterb123 5y agoCan we stop with the anti-vax crap? I haven't met a single person who is hesitant of traditional vaccines. The anti-vaxxer crowd is still as small as it once was, loonies in Oregon and other places that cause an occasional Measles outbreak. Being hesitant of unknown longterm effects of mRNA vaccines is reasonable and is not "anti-science" or "anti-vax". But yes, lying about what you think caused millions of deaths because you're scared of the support the CCP has is pretty high up there on the fucked up meter. Maybe Facebook and Twitter will let us talk about it now.
- Siira 5y agoI have seen (IRL) people who were not “anti-vax” previously, but don’t want a Covid vaccine (mRNA or not).
- q1w2 5y ago...but who is to blame here? Are the scientists who were in fear of harassment, intimidation, and career destruction to blame? ...or is it the institutions that facilitate that sort of punishment. I would think twice about punishing victims.
- Siira 5y ago… With this logic, Hitler is also a victim. We should punish this people by destroying their careers now, so that the incentives are aligned.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYou're making the same mistake as lots of others here and acting like this is all scientists. Did you pay attention to how much disinformation spread and you want them to report every email from every scientist to the general public as relevant? Do you post every frantic email from every engineer in your organization as equally viable along side well thought out memos/emails about a given situation? I don't think you really want that...