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Senator Cotton's comments were a paraphrase of coronavirus expert Dr. Ralph Baric, a scientist with direct research collaboration experience at the lab in question.
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Senator Cotton's comments were a paraphrase of coronavirus expert Dr. Ralph Baric, a scientist with direct research collaboration experience at the lab in question.
Not even their faulty poll showed there is consensus. This is the only poll there is and it used snowball sampling which is prone to showing bias by following networked beliefs. You can't guage opinion of a politicized & taboo hypothesis with snowball sampling.
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Not even their faulty poll showed there is consensus. This is the only poll there is and it used snowball sampling which is prone to showing bias by following networked beliefs. You can't guage opinion of a politicized & taboo hypothesis with snowball sampling.
Even if they find a sarbecovirus with an FCS, it won’t be a logical end to the “artificially inserted FCS” theory, simply because they proposed doing it. I often see findings like this in nature overstated.
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Even if they find a sarbecovirus with an FCS, it won’t be a logical end to the “artificially inserted FCS” theory, simply because they proposed doing it. I often see findings like this in nature overstated.
If we steelman the hypothesis, that wasn't really the main issue. I believe there was some small discussion about the FCS evolving naturally in bats but it wasn't central to the debate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If we steelman the hypothesis, that wasn't really the main issue. I believe there was some small discussion about the FCS evolving naturally in bats but it wasn't central to the debate.
Many of them spin every little thing they find, rather than act like good scientists.
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Many of them spin every little thing they find, rather than act like good scientists.
JFC... your misinformation is keeping me busy.
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
JFC... your misinformation is keeping me busy.
That's mischaracterization of the argument.
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
That's mischaracterization of the argument.
I believe when they’ve found what’s implied here, they’ll have a documented alternate hypothesis to artificial insertion. Though artificial insertion would still be a possibility. Over my head though.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I believe when they’ve found what’s implied here, they’ll have a documented alternate hypothesis to artificial insertion. Though artificial insertion would still be a possibility. Over my head though.
But this also highlights that the FCS remains a relevant argument regarding COVID origins, and why we should be skeptical of those who hand-wave it away.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
But this also highlights that the FCS remains a relevant argument regarding COVID origins, and why we should be skeptical of those who hand-wave it away.
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No field can be trusted to objectively investigate its own potential blame for a disaster that killed millions. The conflict of interest is too great. We saw this bias in action when the 'likely accident' theory was improperly falsified from day one.
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
No field can be trusted to objectively investigate its own potential blame for a disaster that killed millions. The conflict of interest is too great. We saw this bias in action when the 'likely accident' theory was improperly falsified from day one.
I believe this situation was largely a case of media exaggeration.
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I believe this situation was largely a case of media exaggeration.
I'm most concerned about an issue that is seldom addressed: The field often becomes extremely biased when assessing potential accidents. In the case of the lab leak, it seems supporters grow quiet while dissenters get loud.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I'm most concerned about an issue that is seldom addressed: The field often becomes extremely biased when assessing potential accidents. In the case of the lab leak, it seems supporters grow quiet while dissenters get loud.
He mentions it briefly, not in detail. It appears to be the exception rather than the rule. I’ve seen numerous lab-leak videos on YouTube, but he ranks higher on the expert ladder.
October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
He mentions it briefly, not in detail. It appears to be the exception rather than the rule. I’ve seen numerous lab-leak videos on YouTube, but he ranks higher on the expert ladder.
Poor child has to block and hide.
The field showed it lacks of ability to be objective at the beginning of this pandemic when it improperly ruled out a lab leak. People need to broaden where they get their info.
Here's an epidemiologist and biosecurity expert on the issue.
The field showed it lacks of ability to be objective at the beginning of this pandemic when it improperly ruled out a lab leak. People need to broaden where they get their info.
Here's an epidemiologist and biosecurity expert on the issue.
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Poor child has to block and hide.
The field showed it lacks of ability to be objective at the beginning of this pandemic when it improperly ruled out a lab leak. People need to broaden where they get their info.
Here's an epidemiologist and biosecurity expert on the issue.
The field showed it lacks of ability to be objective at the beginning of this pandemic when it improperly ruled out a lab leak. People need to broaden where they get their info.
Here's an epidemiologist and biosecurity expert on the issue.
However, there’s plenty of indirect evidence pointing to the lab. Journalism failed to confirm this important leak.
Scientists working with WIV state they believe they inserted a furin cleavage site into a virus closer to Covid-19 than RaTG13 — and serial passaged it in humanized mice.
Scientists working with WIV state they believe they inserted a furin cleavage site into a virus closer to Covid-19 than RaTG13 — and serial passaged it in humanized mice.
July 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
However, there’s plenty of indirect evidence pointing to the lab. Journalism failed to confirm this important leak.
Scientists working with WIV state they believe they inserted a furin cleavage site into a virus closer to Covid-19 than RaTG13 — and serial passaged it in humanized mice.
Scientists working with WIV state they believe they inserted a furin cleavage site into a virus closer to Covid-19 than RaTG13 — and serial passaged it in humanized mice.
Here's another virologist I was thinking about at the moment.
July 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Here's another virologist I was thinking about at the moment.
Here's Ralph Baric's Congressional testimony.
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Here's Ralph Baric's Congressional testimony.
What is it with you people and overstating data?
Predicting origin timelines are never that certain.
Here’s a list of studies and expert views showing a range of possible start dates — not just one narrow window.
Predicting origin timelines are never that certain.
Here’s a list of studies and expert views showing a range of possible start dates — not just one narrow window.
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is it with you people and overstating data?
Predicting origin timelines are never that certain.
Here’s a list of studies and expert views showing a range of possible start dates — not just one narrow window.
Predicting origin timelines are never that certain.
Here’s a list of studies and expert views showing a range of possible start dates — not just one narrow window.
The Seafood Market looks like a ruse. China blamed it before testing. Virus had <5% hospitalization and was already in multiple countries by Dec — meaning they were lying about how widespread it was in Wuhan. Also 🔽
July 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Seafood Market looks like a ruse. China blamed it before testing. Virus had <5% hospitalization and was already in multiple countries by Dec — meaning they were lying about how widespread it was in Wuhan. Also 🔽
Except they inaccurately dismissed the DEFUSE grant. It hasn’t appeared in peer-reviewed papers, and other investigators found EcoHealth staff weren’t truthful—evidence shows the work was done.
I’ve got issues with the field leaning zoonosis, given the state of the evidence.
I’ve got issues with the field leaning zoonosis, given the state of the evidence.
June 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Except they inaccurately dismissed the DEFUSE grant. It hasn’t appeared in peer-reviewed papers, and other investigators found EcoHealth staff weren’t truthful—evidence shows the work was done.
I’ve got issues with the field leaning zoonosis, given the state of the evidence.
I’ve got issues with the field leaning zoonosis, given the state of the evidence.
They favor zoonosis but admit it's all speculation.
It's the politics caused by an undesirable hypothesis and most of the public recognizes this.
I suspect this is part of the intel the US is sitting on. The work was done!
It's the politics caused by an undesirable hypothesis and most of the public recognizes this.
I suspect this is part of the intel the US is sitting on. The work was done!
June 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
They favor zoonosis but admit it's all speculation.
It's the politics caused by an undesirable hypothesis and most of the public recognizes this.
I suspect this is part of the intel the US is sitting on. The work was done!
It's the politics caused by an undesirable hypothesis and most of the public recognizes this.
I suspect this is part of the intel the US is sitting on. The work was done!
They did the work! The virus looks like it got human adapted through serial passage!
My favorite torpedo is you folks have to hide over hear because you are losing the argument.
My favorite torpedo is you folks have to hide over hear because you are losing the argument.
June 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
They did the work! The virus looks like it got human adapted through serial passage!
My favorite torpedo is you folks have to hide over hear because you are losing the argument.
My favorite torpedo is you folks have to hide over hear because you are losing the argument.
Tell me any real evidence for a natural origin. An epicenter around the Huanan Seafood Market isn’t it—the virus was in multiple countries by December. I likely even took care of a Dec case in San Diego. Epicenters are tools... they aren't evidence.
June 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Tell me any real evidence for a natural origin. An epicenter around the Huanan Seafood Market isn’t it—the virus was in multiple countries by December. I likely even took care of a Dec case in San Diego. Epicenters are tools... they aren't evidence.
There are serious problems when a field is allowed to rule itself out of an accident. We were all deceived at the start of the pandemic—and it continues.
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There are serious problems when a field is allowed to rule itself out of an accident. We were all deceived at the start of the pandemic—and it continues.
It's unique human adaption history gives strong hints at serial passage and....
June 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's unique human adaption history gives strong hints at serial passage and....