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Last Checked March 20, 2021

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Mon Jan 04 17:52:16 +0000 2021

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A lot of outlets kind of ruined the phrase “says without evidence” as a euphemism for when Trump lied. But the NY Mag article is an example of actually doing the thing. There’s a lot here on various subjects, but no evidence for the central argument. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s really worth saying that, just like Tom Cotton, this article does not present any evidence in favor of “vaccine escaped from a lab” thesis. Like none at all. And it’s very long. I guess we can speculate just for fun? — PolitiTweet.org

John Noonan @noonanjo

No no no, Twitter has spoken. Even repeating the *possibility* that COVID escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Vir… https://t.co/ZiWDMoGT2K

Posted Jan. 4, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This has come to be A Thing in the China Hawk discourse, but fundamentally “the virus escaped from a Chinese lab” and “the virus was the result of irresponsible Chinese wildlife and wet market regulation” are both reasons to be Mad At China if you want one. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2021 Hibernated

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