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Harvard Scientist: Experts Denied Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Because They Were Afraid Of Being ‘Associated With Trump’
The Political Insider ^ | 6.18.21 | Rusty Weiss

Posted on 06/18/2021 8:58:57 AM PDT by TPIDerek

A Harvard scientist claims her colleagues were afraid of voicing support for the Wuhan lab leak theory, a possible origin for the coronavirus pandemic, because they were afraid of being “associated with Trump.”

The comments tend to indicate that experts were guided more by politics than their allegiance to ‘the Science.’

Alina Chan, a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University who specializes in genetic engineering, is one of 18 researchers who published a letter in the journal Science last month calling for a more in-depth investigation into the virus’s origin.

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To: 9YearLurker

By far the dumbest excuse so far!


21 posted on 06/18/2021 9:38:29 AM PDT by gr8eman (I keep telling these idiots I see, that they know even less than the idiots on TV)
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To: TPIDerek; rustyweiss74; gaggs; ANDmagazine.com; hassan.mahmoud; w1n1; wrrock; Slate Report; ...

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22 posted on 06/18/2021 9:42:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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23 posted on 06/18/2021 9:42:37 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: TPIDerek

Your blog doesn’t write anything. It is all cut and paste. No need to excerpt as clickbait here for free.

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A Harvard scientist claims her colleagues were afraid of voicing support for the Wuhan lab leak theory, a possible origin for the coronavirus pandemic, because they were afraid of being “associated with Trump.”

The comments tend to indicate that experts were guided more by politics than their allegiance to ‘the Science.’

Alina Chan, a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University who specializes in genetic engineering, is one of 18 researchers who published a letter in the journal Science last month calling for a more in-depth investigation into the virus’s origin.

“Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” the letter reads. “Knowing how COVID-19 emerged is critical for informing global strategies to mitigate the risk of future outbreaks.”

That is true whether the discussion is today, last month when the letter was published, or last year when the pandemic was peaking.

But what Chan told NBC News illuminates the fact that scientists were pressured away from following their naturally curious minds. Why? Because they were afraid.

The @ScienceMagazine letter is here for reference:
“Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable.”
“We must take hypotheses about both natural and laboratory spillovers seriously until we have sufficient data.”https://t.co/YOWlPCzVeL

— Alina Chan (@Ayjchan) June 14, 2021


24 posted on 06/18/2021 9:43:51 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: TPIDerek

Pathetic weasels!


25 posted on 06/18/2021 9:50:59 AM PDT by SMARTY (In most places in the country, voting is...a right and a duty...in Chicago it's a sport. D. Gregory)
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To: lee martell

“About such a serious topic, they’re still concerned with petty partisan warfare.”

Ummm, almost; it is deadly serious political warfare.


26 posted on 06/18/2021 9:57:46 AM PDT by A strike (Barr to Gitmo,Roberts to Florence supermax, HerrDoktor FauxiGates to TerreHaute)
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To: TPIDerek

So these people are pretend scientists, they certainly are not REAL scientists who follow fact and truth above all. They should be terminated immediately because who would ever be dumb enough to believe them ever again.


27 posted on 06/18/2021 10:22:07 AM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: TPIDerek

So there was a conspiracy to block investigation of the Wuhan lab leak theory by calling it a conspiracy theory.


28 posted on 06/18/2021 10:59:13 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Larry Lucido

You must be retired and have nothing else to do but attack people who post on FR. I’ve been on here since 1998 and appreciate when people link me to articles worth reading. If they make a few pennies off the link I’m not offended. I don’t have all day to peruse every website on the Net to find newsworthy articles. I’m glad other do. I hope your constant haranguing doesn’t stop people from providing that service.

Get a life.


29 posted on 06/18/2021 11:09:57 AM PDT by redangus
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To: TPIDerek

Feelings are more important than doing what is and telling the truth to the left.


30 posted on 06/18/2021 12:57:07 PM PDT by cp124 (Family and friends, pay to play government.)
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To: TPIDerek
so they turned a blind eye, and in essence, let the world burn...

hang every last one of them!

31 posted on 06/18/2021 2:12:29 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: TPIDerek

C.P. Snow is spinning in his grave.


32 posted on 08/19/2021 4:01:49 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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