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Actually it *IS* about conspiracy theories and China-bashing. The China-bashing is literally getting Asian-American's killed. For the antiGoF [yes it should be vetted and monitored, which it is] and antiBSL-3/4 [you bet they are regulated] crowd this is all about stirring up the pot again and reviving arguments that they lost. [shared file(s): image.png] [2021-03-22 08:55:25] [Robert Garry] https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n742.full [2021-03-22 09:39:31] [Robert Garry] !channel It gets worse: [shared file(s): Opinion _ Did covid-19 escape from a Wuhan lab_ The WHO report can't be the final word. - The Washington Post.pdf] [2021-03-22 10:08:43] [Kristian Andersen] Twitter is on fire with scientists pushing for the lab leak theory too. Unlike everybody else, we can just sit and wait for that report and then amplify the message... [2021-03-22 10:20:31] [Kristian Andersen] ".... deserves intelligent discussion" [Links to tweet about bioweapons programs] [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-22 at 10.17.02.png] [2021-03-22 10:23:26] [Andrew Rambaut] Major mistake by WHO not getting that report out [2021-03-22 10:46:57] [Robert Garry] Crap and bullshit are hard to counter with calm dispassionate science. Very disappointed that when faced with Alina's wall of crazy and it's DISINFORMATION that Jessie shrugs and calls discussion of SC2 as a "vaccine for a bioweapon" "deserved intelligent discussion." This is playing with fire. Move beyond politics my ass. If Trump were still President there is a very good chance - based on today's discussion and editorials in two major US "newspapers" that he and Pompeo would have already started military action against China. [2021-03-22 10:59:13] [Robert Garry] Bush II had way less "evidence" than this for taking out Saddam Hussein. [2021-03-22 11:00:43] [Kristian Andersen] Like Iraq, the US is now just making up evidence to suit their agenda. Hard evidence apparently not required - and a lot of prominent scientists seem to agree. Kinda sad, really. [2021-03-22 11:11:59] [Robert Garry] The prominent scientists - like JB and ML - agreeing is the problem. Hard to dismiss them purely as cranks, but it's their bad priors in the way. Which leads me to suggest that this is pretty serious - WHO needs to consider releasing it's report immediately - either that or someone in the know needs to leak the story about Eddie's raccoon dogs and the grate. [2021-03-22 12:34:47] [Eddie Holmes] I spoke to Dominic and he said that China are pushing back against the report hence the delay. ML has been lab escape from Day 1...in fact, he was one of the people that pushed Jeremy into contacting me last January.