The bigger issue, Jon, is that the article was written as if we exist in a complete data vacuum and that nobody has analyzed any of the data even they mention.
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The idea that "China" can provide evidence that would rule out a lab origin is undercut by not having a testable theory that can even specify which lab. You'd never know reading this article that Relman was a Mojiang mine conspiracy theorist and that his favored conspiracy theory was disproven.
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Folks demanding data should be able to demonstrate a track record of acting on it or at least say precisely what they'll do with the data. Not even close in this case.
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Two slides later we find out what happens when "China" does publish data and it doesn't point to a lab leak. Relman amplifies some nonsense from a snake oil salesman and someone else who thinks SARS2 started in a lab in the USA, who speculate the data must be fake.
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