Of course. I was saying specifically - does it have any bearing on the public health response? Of course the truth matters in the general sense but is it relevant to this particular discussion?
Of course. I was saying specifically - does it have any bearing on the public health response? Of course the truth matters in the general sense but is it relevant to this particular discussion?
I think it's important to note what the CIA said, which was “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” a CIA spokesperson said in a statement. “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.” It's a new way of saying we still don't know. We're trying to figure it out still. Will they ever? I'm not sure because life is messier than a dystopian novel.
I do think it's important to help understand how covid-19 came to be. It helps prevent a future pandemic, how we respond to it and it helps reinforce rules that labs and researchers use. Which then craft better protections for both those workers and the public.
The government in general is not great at communications, no matter who is in the White House. Some of this is just how the government works. The people crafting these statements are good at what they do, not always good at talking to other people. I think it's why we saw so many social media accounts take off during covid. People who are *good* at communicating complicated science are few and far between!
Of course. I was saying specifically - does it have any bearing on the public health response? Of course the truth matters in the general sense but is it relevant to this particular discussion?
I think it's important to note what the CIA said, which was “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” a CIA spokesperson said in a statement. “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.” It's a new way of saying we still don't know. We're trying to figure it out still. Will they ever? I'm not sure because life is messier than a dystopian novel.
I do think it's important to help understand how covid-19 came to be. It helps prevent a future pandemic, how we respond to it and it helps reinforce rules that labs and researchers use. Which then craft better protections for both those workers and the public.
The government in general is not great at communications, no matter who is in the White House. Some of this is just how the government works. The people crafting these statements are good at what they do, not always good at talking to other people. I think it's why we saw so many social media accounts take off during covid. People who are *good* at communicating complicated science are few and far between!
It matters since he was also doing research there. If he wasn’t honest about this, what else? Those with nothing to hide, hide nothing.