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Ghosty πŸ‘» @ghostyspook.bsky.social

Zoonosis happens all the damned time The lab leak folks just prefer to pretend that isn’t true for some reason? A lab leak always needed stronger evidence than the existence of a lab!

mar 30, 2025, 2:55 pm β€’ 6 0

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siezetheclay.bsky.social @siezetheclay.bsky.social

The lab leak folks desperately need it to be true. Human error is easier to live with than "there's a whole bunch of nasty viruses out there and just one could mutate and wipe out half of humanity in a short amount of time." That stupidity makes it more likely to happen with the next one.

mar 30, 2025, 3:18 pm β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Ghosty πŸ‘» @ghostyspook.bsky.social

This is why I want all of these people read a bare minimum of three books on viruses before commenting

mar 30, 2025, 3:19 pm β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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nick @caveatruptur.bsky.social

Maybe one book on statistics first?

mar 30, 2025, 3:53 pm β€’ 0 0 β€’ view
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siezetheclay.bsky.social @siezetheclay.bsky.social

During the pandemic, I listened to audiobooks on the 1918 flu pandemic, a cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s and the Black Death/bubonic plague outbreak in Europe in the 14th century. You'd think people would have gained some understanding by now. Alas...

mar 30, 2025, 3:29 pm β€’ 1 0 β€’ view