Flo Débarre2d ago
Matt Ridley's list of leakers #covidorigin
Flo Débarre2d ago
One of the best debunks of Ridley's theories was by 2018 Matt Ridley. He is now promoting what he mocked then: the creation in a lab, in secret, of a new human pathogen web.archive.org/web/20190922... #covidorigin

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Flo DébarreMar 3
Do you remember the other pandemic that started in China in late 2023? Probably not, and for a good reason: it did not happen. The alarm was due to misinformation coming from a Falun Gong-linked outlet, laundered through other media. ▫️1/7 #covidorigin

The new pandemic that was not
The new pandemic that was not

How information about an outbreak of respiratory disease in China in late 2023 was distorted by politically-motivated media. In late 2023, The Free Press, an online outlet founded by Bari Weiss, published an article by Alina Chan entitled “China Says This New Outbreak Is Nothing to Worry About. How Can We Be Sure?”. The text… Continue reading The new pandemic that was not

Pandemonium
Flo DébarreJan 20
The story of the WIV database, with the date of its removal, was the most successful piece of disinformation by the lab leak activist group DRASTIC. Did you know it started with different, wilder claim? If not, good for you, you did not waste time with a lie. For the curious: ▫️1/4 🧵 #covidorigin

Hackers or liars?
Hackers or liars?

DRASTIC members claimed to have obtained Shi Zhengli’s MAC address, a unique identifier linked to a device. Either they have NSA-level capabilities, or they lied. I think they lied.  I previously wrote, in the form of a Twitter thread, about how the lab leak activist group DRASTIC had lied about the date at which an… Continue reading Hackers or liars?

Pandemonium
Flo DébarreJan 6
Are you familiar with the story of the EMI article? If not, good for you, you did not waste time with a manufactured controversy aimed to sow distrust. For the curious, here's how lab leakers tried (and this time, failed) to generate outrage: ▫️1/6 🧵 #covidorigin
Show threadFlo DébarreJan 6
The EMI article was a non-story, but it gave an idea of the methods of conspiracy theorists: manufacture outrage, paint scientists as untrustworthy, amplify each other on social media. More details in this blog post: pandemonium.hypotheses.org/331 ▫️6/6 #covidorigin

The making of outrage
The making of outrage

How conspiracy theorists tried to make a story about an early commentary on the origin of SARS-CoV-2. In late February 2020, the journal Emerging Microbes & Infections (EMI) published a 9-paragraph-long Commentary addressing claims that SARS-CoV-2 has been engineered in a laboratory. Authored by four US-based virologists, the text considered and refuted three lab-origin claims:… Continue reading The making of outrage

Pandemonium
Flo DébarreDec 27
Looking for tips and comments! Some time ago, DRASTIC lab leak activists wrote that Shi Zhengli edited an article on 30 Dec 2019, that they have her IP and MAC addresses, and they could even tell the edits were from a train. How would this even be possible? ▫️1/4 #covidorigin archive.md/sKCPq
Flo DébarreDec 3
Are you familiar with the story of the Antarctica sequences? If not, good for you: you didn't clutter your brain with yet another Covid-origin damp squib, where innocuous data were made to look suspicious by misrepresenting a date. For the curious, here's the story. ▫️1/9 🧵 #CovidOrigin
Show threadFlo DébarreNov 3
According to @altmetric.com, the original paper was only shared on X. The usual #covidorigin leakers cheered, completely uncritically... How many of them actually read the paper? ▫️5/6 link.altmetric.com/details/1825...
Show threadFlo DébarreNov 1
PS: I am trying to use hashtags more often to categorize posts (following @notjustdna.bsky.social 's example). Feel free to mute #covidorigin if you do not want to see posts on the topic. I am also using #revuedepresse when I am commenting on news in French.

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