The Disaster of Superstition in Nutrition

Re:The Disaster of Superstition in Nutrition by ReptileMan on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:34AM (#32952481)

And the people that rightfully told from the begging that prohibiting outdoor gathering is pointless? That social distance rules were also as idiotic? The people that doubted that ventilators were effective? The people that pointed the complete lack of logic and consistency in mask rules? The people that took the lab leak hypothesis seriously? (which turned from racist to impossible to absolutely plausible with time?)

Were they dangerous idiots?

Dangerous

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Re:The Disaster of Superstition in Nutrition by Gordonjcp on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:10PM (#32953825)

Yes, but all those people were incorrect.

It was the screaming racist Qanon anti-vaxxer maniacs that were pushing the "lab leak" idea, and they turned out to be entirely wrong too.

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Re:The Disaster of Superstition in Nutrition by strken on Friday September 23, 2022 @08:29PM (#32958682)

I wasn't pushing the lab leak theory, but I was quietly telling people at the pub that there's no way to tell the difference between an unmodified virus leaked from a lab versus a virus from an animal population.

I stand by this. The current debate is around a modified strain escaping from a lab, but even if that's laid to rest, how would we rule out a leak of an unmodified virus?

I find it embarrassing that everyone took so long to point out the obvious: whether it was a lab leak is impossible to disprove.

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