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What proportion of your day is spent dealing with bollocks? Scientific bollocks I should add.

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2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open

I don't remember talking to these journalists either...
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open

The video is pretty fucking terrible. Ending on "how unusual/remarkable is it that there's a lab working on bat coronaviruses exactly where an outbreak of a coronavirus started"? How dumb are people exactly? Good old correlation, not causation. May I suggest an alternative explanation - they're studying bat coronaviruses BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF BAT CORONAVIRUSES AROUND THERE. Which, I don't know, in combination with wet markets and the like might increase the risk of an outbreak from a bat coronaviruses.We need an actual razor in Occam's razor.
2020-05-01 14:23 Edward C. Holmes open

Yes, it's shite. That Baric paper is also really weird. Reads to me that are pissed off that they were not involved inour paper and so want to get in on the act.
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open

Now I need to ready Ralph's paper too...
2020-05-01 14:23 Edward C. Holmes

What proportion of your day is spent dealing with bollocks? Scientific bollocks I should add.
2020-05-01 14:23 Kristian G. Andersen open

Time spent on bollocks = 80%, of which scientific bollocks = 40%, bollock bollocks = 20%, and bollocks scientists =20%