Lab leak theory is "a distraction more than anything else," @PeterHotez says. He tells @mehdirhasan what the current evidence actually shows.

Mar 9, 2023 · 8:24 PM UTC

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Satire? Distraction from hotez failure to disclose his own project at wuhan labs???
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Republicans 2019 - 2023 - "China virus is a hoax, it's just a flu, the deaths are exaggerated and was due to other factors" Republicans 2023 - "Heavens!! We were attacked by a Chinese bioweapon, arrest the doctors who say otherwise! Won't anyone think about the million dead?"
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One of the 2 @ScienceMagazine articles that @peterhotez refers to (and somehow links to Einstein!) is largely based on invalid geospatial analysis. A disturbing example of motivated reasoning that is a disservice to science as an ideal and as a publicly-funded endeavour.
The geospatial analysis in Worobey2022 relies on a centering model to determine the origin point of COVID in Wuhan Dec 2019. This model is not valid. doi.org/10.1126/science.abp8…
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@TheJusticeDept #Garland THIS seems to be how one challenges outright disinformation & lies all the while maintaining objectivity & poise.
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@PeterHotez has never engaged honestly about #OriginOfCovid and has been uniquely and performatively cruel/dismissive toward anyone who has such concerns, while at the same time hiding his professional and financial relationships w Wiv. History will judge if he's an ethical man.
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@mehdirhasan I have deep respect for you and your work. Rather than just having a guest who confirms your bias on this issue, why don't you also get someone like Dr. Redfield on to discuss the pro-lab leak side? Your viewers deserve the full picture.
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Clown interviewing clown. God bless cable news.
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