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1. 2021-04-03 14:28 Edward C. Holmes
   'Derision and obfuscation'? I didn't see a word of that in Kristian's thread.
2. 2021-04-03 14:42 Kristian G. Andersen open
   Unbelievable - and to even suggest I'm doing this because it would "impact virology", jesus fucking christ. In fact, it'd be great if this was a lab accident - that way our ready-to-go grants on bioterrorism would be a shoo-inwith the NIH. These people...
3. 2021-04-03 14:47 Robert F. Garry open
   Data analysis and science-based discussion - if you are a conspiracy theorist, then yes - that's the new derision andobfuscation.
4. 2021-04-03 14:49 Robert F. Garry open
   Maybe there should be a rule that you actually have had to work in a lab - any lab - to be an expert of "lab leak." Being a bad Sci-FI writer doesn't cut it for me.
5. 2021-04-03 14:50 Robert F. Garry open
   Genesis Code: A Thriller of the Near Future Kindle Edition by Jamie Metzl Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark onthe arm of a young woman found dead in her Kansas City apartment. But when _Star_ reporter Rich Azadian digsdeeper, the clues point to a far more explosive story: MaryLee Stock was a special protégée of evangelicalmegapastor and power broker Cobalt Becker, who is poised to deliver his followers and the presidency to a firebrandright-wing senator in the next election. When Azadian sets out to prove that MaryLee's death was no accident and she may have been carrying Becker's genetically enhanced baby, the stakes become life itself.

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