I think this is one of the more important things I’ve written. Not only are more scientists taking seriously the possibility that the pandemic began at a research lab, but the US itself MAY have been funding dangerous coronavirus research there. https://t.co/4s0HPVu7le— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) May 14, 2021
Eh, this is a stretch. The function is that if this were true it would pretty much change virology as we know it - heck, it would upend scientific research standards to an extent we've never seen before.
If the best argument against taking the lab accident theory seriously is "it's more important to protect the Chinese government from bad press than to protect the Global South from future pandemics", then there isn't a good argument to dismiss it.
“if this were true, lab safety/research should significantly change” is a fair argument, unfortunately robinson is not a scientist, just as majority of journalists who will be writing about it
Eh, this is a stretch. The function is that if this were true it would pretty much change virology as we know it - heck, it would upend scientific research standards to an extent we've never seen before.
If the best argument against taking the lab accident theory seriously is "it's more important to protect the Chinese government from bad press than to protect the Global South from future pandemics", then there isn't a good argument to dismiss it.
“if this were true, lab safety/research should significantly change” is a fair argument, unfortunately robinson is not a scientist, just as majority of journalists who will be writing about it