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[return to "An appeal for an objective, open, transparent debate re: the origin of Covid-19"]
1. cwp+cs1[view] [source] 2021-09-19 21:00:47
>>alwill+(OP)
This is stupid. You can't debate facts. Either SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab, or it didn't. Unless somebody comes forward to say, "Yeah, I tore my glove while transporting some test tubes and I got sick two days later," we're never going to know for sure.

The only sensible thing to do is assume that it's at least possible that it was a lab leak and reevaluate the risk-benefit tradeoff of this type of research. That is a debate worth having. The rest is just posturing.

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2. iammis+IR1[view] [source] 2021-09-20 01:11:20
>>cwp+cs1
There is a correct truth value to the claim 'SARS-Cov2 leaked from a lab', but the value is currently unknowable, and reasonable debate can be had to the evidence in either direction.
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