Pushing a counter-narrative doesn't change the reality!
You absolutely cannot eliminate the possibility that COVID-19 (a naturally occurring virus) adapted to human hosts as the result of gain of function research. Just as there is no evidence that COVID naturally jumped from different species, there is lack of a smoking gun that it escaped from the lab. With both scenarios we only have circumstantial evidence.
Importantly, "made in a lab" has to be understood as "manipulated in a lab". Yes, it is also possible, however unlikely, that COVID-19 naturally jumped to human hosts from bats and somehow rapidly adapted to human hosts without anyone noticing. Presenting zoonotic origin of COVID as the only possible scenario and then claim scientific consensus without evidence (e.g. identifying patient zero) is both unscientific and intellectually dishonest.
'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:2, Insightful)
No evidence at all, says Xi, vigorously brushing his hands together while standing on a particularly lumpy rug.
Re: (Score:1, Insightful)
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
Pushing a counter-narrative doesn't change the reality!
Re:'No Evidence' says Xi (Score:5, Insightful)
Pushing a counter-narrative doesn't change the reality!
You absolutely cannot eliminate the possibility that COVID-19 (a naturally occurring virus) adapted to human hosts as the result of gain of function research. Just as there is no evidence that COVID naturally jumped from different species, there is lack of a smoking gun that it escaped from the lab. With both scenarios we only have circumstantial evidence.
Importantly, "made in a lab" has to be understood as "manipulated in a lab". Yes, it is also possible, however unlikely, that COVID-19 naturally jumped to human hosts from bats and somehow rapidly adapted to human hosts without anyone noticing. Presenting zoonotic origin of COVID as the only possible scenario and then claim scientific consensus without evidence (e.g. identifying patient zero) is both unscientific and intellectually dishonest.
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