Re:The Case Against the Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory
by mbauman on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:51AM
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There are two things going on here:
- There's strong evidence that it's not bioengineered; scientists used very strong and convincing language here.
- There was initially hope of finding the zoonotic reservoir; scientists used couched language here to subtly detangle a natural virus vs. a natural virus that had adapted to passage in cell culture in a lab, and had priors assuming a zoonotic source would be found.
- There's strong evidence that it's not bioengineered; scientists used very strong and convincing language here.
- There was initially hope of finding the zoonotic reservoir; scientists used couched language here to subtly detangle a natural virus vs. a natural virus that had adapted to passage in cell culture in a lab, and had priors assuming a zoonotic source would be found.
Guess which language journalists glommed onto.