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Lab leak theory (COVID-19)

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Denyse O'Leary
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March 2, 2023
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News about the lab leak leaking out – and why it matters to ID

Denyse O'Leary
March 2, 2023
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
The point isn’t just that the debunkers are proven wrong in principle  (because there was good reason for concern) but that there was never any  reason to give them much credibility in the first place - except that they claimed to represent “science.” A few more blows like this - and they would be just the ones to administer them - and trust in science among the smarter segments of the public will not easily recover. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 27, 2023
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More on the Lab Leak theory vindicated… receipts pile in…

Denyse O'Leary
February 27, 2023
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Matt Ridley: To summarise. A bat coronavirus pandemic began in the city with the biggest bat coronavirus lab in the world, a long way from where those viruses are found naturally. It was caused by the first and so-far only sarbecovirus with a furin cleavage site in it, a feature that had been inserted into other coronaviruses nearby, and that had been planned to be inserted into a sarbecovirus for the first time. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2023
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Lab leak theory vindicated in upper echelons

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2023
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
Turley has the receipts. The COVID crazies have singlehandedly done more damage to “the science” and “trust the science!” than anyone who actually hated science could possibly do. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 22, 2022
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Books of interest, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Media, Philosophy, Science
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At City Journal: Review of book attempting to scuff out the lab leak theory re COVID-19

Denyse O'Leary
October 22, 2022
Books of interest, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Media, Philosophy, Science
Wade: "The lab at Wuhan, where researchers were manipulating Covid-type viruses, received funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Could Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci, the NIH’s senior officials, have had any possible motive for suppressing their experts’ initial conclusion that the Covid virus was probably artificial?" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 3, 2022
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Remember when the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 was “just a conspiracy theory”?

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Science
Matt Ridley: We don’t say this virus definitely jumped out of a laboratory, but we do say that if there is one city in the world where a laboratory leak of a novel SARS-like virus from bats would be most likely to happen, it would be Wuhan. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 6, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Peer review, Science
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Retraction Watch co-founder on the lab leak theory re COVID

Denyse O'Leary
December 6, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Peer review, Science
Ivan Oransky: Many in the media, as well as some scientists, quickly labeled it a conspiracy theory, designed to shift focus away from the missteps of their own countries. But, like everyone else involved in the discussions about the lab leak theory, scientists have something at stake: If SARS-CoV-2 did escape from a lab, it could further shake trust in research, and threaten funding… Read More ›