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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by Turing_Machine on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:36PM (#27335978)
> This is a letter to the editor, and is not peer-reviewed

True enough.

On the other hand, they did publish it, which I'm positive they don't do with letters they believe are pure crackpottery, or otherwise without merit (of which I'm sure they get their share).

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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by Turing_Machine on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:34PM (#27338971)
Right. He directly violates the HN rules, and I get modded down.

He posted a dismissive snark about my (substantive) comment, and I replied in kind.

Edit: For the record, I've read plenty of papers in both Nature and Science, so his claim that I haven't is objectively incorrect.

My response stands: he doesn't know what he's talking about.

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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by skwb on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:39PM (#27338125)
FWIW I have seen lots of trash in Nature and Science.
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Re:Molecular biology clues portray SARS-CoV-2 as a lab manip... by Turing_Machine on Sunday May 30, 2021 @09:33PM (#27338964)
You haven't seen outright conspiracy theories, though.
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