Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@JonAskonas @lymanstoneky Well but why? I think we shouldn't fund that stuff. I take it you also think we shouldn't fund that stuff. If it was definitively proven to be a bat accident would you change your mind? I wouldn't. I get that there's political heat here. But rationally what hinges on it? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 15, 2021 Hibernated

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@Yair_Rosenberg But we're already at "populist outrage with China." Trade war is happening, defense policy is pivoting to anti-China and away from counter-terror, etc — PolitiTweet.org

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Let me rephrase this. I hear a lot of people saying there are policy initiatives they favor or oppose whose political prospects would be bolstered by proof of lab accident. I get that. But I'm about substance: What policy issue rationally hinges on the answer? — PolitiTweet.org

What are the *stakes* in the "lab accident vs zoonotic origin" dispute? This seems very political, but what is the… https://t.co/nHGyzBU8YB

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