First biolab in South America for studying world’s deadliest viruses is set to open (www.nature.com)

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[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Anything more concrete?

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've read the reporting, looked into the journalists and researchers behind it, and find them credible.

If you don't, it doesn't affect me any.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I haven't looked into it, just was curious and was wondering if you had anything else I can also look into later. Thanks for the original links though. I will look more into this later.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Those are both pretty through examples of indepth investigative reporting, by credentialed and experienced independent journalists and researchers. There's plenty of threads to pull on once you start reading into it.

It's also been covered by Ryan Grim, former DC Beauru Chief for The Intercept. I believe he has recorded interviews up with either researchers from those articles, or some other journalists specializing in covering scientific and medical fields, I forget which.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Cool. Thanks for posting. I'll do a good dive into it later to form an opinion.

[-] explore_broaden@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

No, this is circumstantial evidence from people who not only believe that this ebola outbreak came from a lab, but also that COVID-19 came from a lab, both of which are widely regarded as conspiracy theories.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I haven't read into it yet, and am not set either way. (If anything I'd think it wasn't true, knowing a little how the BSL4 labs run, and all the precautions in place). But I'm always down to look into credible sources. I'll give these a skim later.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They aren't conspiracy theories, at least, not according to the US Government and Biden's DoE:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-leak-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Circumstantial evidence, not conclusive either way, but clearly the Biden administration feels the evidence is weighted slightly more on the side you just called a conspiracy theory.

Which again, is all they allege for ebola, but unlike the co-author of that first paper I linked, I don't have a PhD in virology, so what do I know.