Science Counterpunch

With the GOP ramping up voter manipulation efforts for the general election, the “gain-of-function lab leak” myth is back in full swing Yesterday, the GOP-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic announced in a grandstanding letter the public interrogation of Dr. Peter Daszak , President of the non-profit organization EcoHealth Alliance. This announcement is the second one this we...

The lab leak hypothesis is dead, but the lab leak myth will never die . A new paper makes the rounds in the media by claiming a risk assessment score sheet can determine the "unnatural" nature of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. A stark contrast to the scientific consensus on zoonotic spillover. Over the years, we have seen many such probabilistic, Bayesian, or “common sense” analyses from various...