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I had a great exchange with @JeremyKonyndyk about the state department cables reported yesterday by @joshrogin and the credence they supposedly lend to the "lab accident" origin story of #SARSCoV2. Jeremy distilled this into the perfect meme:https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/1250475985092386816 …
Now read the whole thread. The bottom line is that those vague diplomatic cables do not provide any specific information suggesting that #SARSCoV2 emerged from incompetence or poor biosafety protocols or anything else.https://twitter.com/JeremyKonyndyk/status/1250475977647575042 …
We don't know how this virus emerged, but all evidence points to spillover from its natural reservoir, whether that be a bat or some other intermediate species, pangolins or otherwise. Pushing this unsupported "accident" theory hinders efforts to actually determine virus origin
It's irresponsible for political reporters like Rogin uncritically regurgitate a secret "cable" without asking a single virologist or ecologist or making any attempt to understand the scientific context. Thank you, @JeremyKonyndyk, for calling this out.
And also, thank you, @JeremyKonyndyk, for taking the time to do what @joshrogin did not: actually try to understand the underlying science before making rash conclusions about this critical question about the virus's origins.
Thank you for sharing your expertise and insight amid the crazy torrent of conspiracy talks, Dr. Rasmussen!
yep, there are so many ppl (including many of my friends) believe in conspiracy theory, that itself worth of study.
the meme that keeps on giving.
I think the relevance of the state department interest in the wuhan lab is that our government recognized the risk two years ago, not in March 2020. How it got out or into human beings is not the point.
But that is the issue. "The risk" is extremely vague. The portions of the cable that Rogin quoted don't demonstrate a clear and specific risk other than "hey, we're concerned about bat SARS-like CoVs that use ACE2 as a receptor"
Sounds like a classic case of anomaly hunting.
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