Yes, exactly. The evidence for a market origin has only become stronger and stronger over time.

Michael Pollard@kmichaelpollard.bsky.social · 56m ago

The first author, Michael Worobey, was skeptical of a market origin. So he did what scientists do, he tried to prove the hypothesis wrong....rigorous studies in landmark paper after landmark paper kept showing the market as the origin of COVID-19.

I love “Belisha beacons”—the yellow globular lights atop a black & white striped pole either side of a zebra crossing They’re named after the Sephardi Jew Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, Minister of Transport, who modernized roads & road safety in the ‘30s (& suffered much antisemitism). Great dresser!

Great thread 👇

Andrew Tan@andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social · 3h ago

It isn't crazy to think a lab leak a bit plausible as many reasonable people think that (Francois Balloux, Joseph G Allen, Akiko Iwasaki, Steven Salzberg) and even the WHO SAGO weren't ideally clear. What's crazy is so many reasonable people give far too much weight to what's conspiracy theory.

Oh yes, we have a rad new website! Alternative, non-commercial, public college radio for the win! Tune into my show tomorrow, 4-6pm ET, Professor G’s Musical Odyssey, I can GUARANTEE you’ll hear music that makes your soul stir, your heart sing, & your spirit dance…or your money back lol wxdu.art

I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

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Zach Hensel@zachhensel.bsky.social · 3h ago

All of the evidence in the world centers on the same corner of the same market with the highest concentration of the Wuhan illegal wildlife trade.

Oh yeah, you can see why the MAGA/MAHA kooks want Quay to lead the NIAID at NIH. It’s not just that he’s a pharma executive (which they love). It’s a requirement to be a lab leaker, obviously, but it goes way beyond that—you also need to be endlessly wrong, scientifically!

Alex Crits-Christoph@acritschristoph.bsky.social · 13h ago

So, something that the media will sanewash as this story develops is Quay isn't just a lab origin proponent. He has for 5 years sold an endless stream of very specifically wrong and silly ideas on the topic. He's not right, but even if he was, that wouldn't excuse his fabrications along the way!

It was stunning to hear RFK Jr say that he’s got measles and cyclosporiasis “under control” and praising himself for his efforts Measles cases for 2026 just hit a 35 year high and we still have 5 more months in the year He represents a combination of venality, grifting, eugenics, & incompetence

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 13h ago

">900 people in Washtenaw County, MI, have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June. Linda Kim, a public health nurse, has called >100 of them. Almost everyone has said the same thing: It’s excruciating, and one of the worst illnesses they’ve experienced." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

The Fauci show trial & the kooky RFK Jr TV appearances & tweets were revisionism, lies, & gaslighting The MAHA/MAGA kooks say: -Covid was harmless, a lie (it killed 1.2M Americans) -ICUs at the pandemic peak were empty, a lie (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...) -vaccines caused mass death (a lie….) 1/2

Impact of Hospital Strain on Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 ...

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Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

Yes “our analyses indicate that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 occurred through the live wildlife trade in China and show that the Huanan market was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35881010/

The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic - PubMed

Understanding how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in 2019 is critical to preventing future zoonotic outbreaks before they become the next pandemic. The Huanan Seaf...

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castdeath97.bsky.social@castdeath97.bsky.social · 4h ago

Worobery et al in particular for 1️⃣, it’s genuinely worth a read

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Genuine answer: 1️⃣ the published, peer-reviewed research evidence points to a zoonotic origin (as with previous viral epidemics & pandemics) 2️⃣ there are ongoing harms from promoting the lab leak hypothesis given the lack of peer-reviewed research to support it (see journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...)

Matthijs Hollanders@matthollanders.bsky.social · 15h ago

Genuine question, what's so crazy about lab leak?

This better be a key talking point in every single contested congressional seat come November.

Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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Here we go again, blaming individuals for their own deaths due to systemic failures.* *shockingly, immune compromised people also have to eat

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Looking forward to reading @noupside.bsky.social’s book I greatly appreciate Prof DiResta’s work, which shines a light on anti-vaxx activists, conspiracy theorists, disinformation peddlers, & election deniers

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 20h ago

Invisible Rulers is ab how influencers, algorithms, & crowds shape public opinion. The Twitter Files was profoundly impactful BS. Media never reckoned with what it really was: a very effective propaganda campaign led by election deniers to dismantle state capacity. Read more: invisiblerulers.com

There’s an entire online ecosystem that normalizes violence against women The “manfluencers” in this ecosystem are championed by MAGA & MAHA leaders—eg, see the friendship between Trump & Andrew Tate I discuss this MAGA-MAHA-manosphere merger in this new OpEd www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | The Manosphere and MAHA Have Merged. I Worry for My Pre-Teen Son.

This culture is driving three main kinds of health risks

medpagetoday.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.

SCOOP: The CDC has linked six additional states to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina — bringing the total tally to 15. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...

C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.

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This is rape culture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

Anyone taking extreme antivaxx crank and science denier, Paul Thacker, seriously does not need to be taken seriously themself

Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ryan Grim wants Dr. Fauci prosecuted because we didn't know everything about COVID-19 a month after it was discovered.

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Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20h ago

Yo you posted this on the wrong social media platform. All we do is talk about how we're broken as hell over here. You're thinking of LinkedIn

Sentient tomato Paul Thacker called "totally weird person" by Anthony Fauci. 😂😂

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

What an awful violation of privacy—not that Dr Paul cares

Margaret Manto@margaretmanto.bsky.social · 19h ago

Exclusive: Sen. Rand Paul published Anthony Fauci's diary entries without redacting the names or medical details of over 20 people, including people with cancer, Ebola or HIV. www.notus.org/health-scien...

🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

politico.com

Every single time I think the MAGA/MAHA extremists can't stoop any lower, they shock me Now they're attacking Francesca Hong for her mental health history; how astoundingly cruel and stigmatizing

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · yesterday

"My own mental health journey has given me a much deeper sense of empathy,” @francescahongwi.bsky.social told me. I wrote about the ridiculous attacks by right-wing media on Francesca Hong's mental health history for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

As we previously argued, “Trans kids just want the same opportunities as their peers. They want to be on sports teams to have fun, get exercise, and hang out with their friends. Just like any other kid.” Let trans kids play sports! time.com/7296246/tran...

Letting Transgender Kids Play Sports Benefits All Kids

States with policies allowing trans girls to play sports have seen increased rates of sports participation by cis girls.

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you're a cis person insisting that the prospect of trans children playing youth sports is not only "a problem" but in fact one of the biggest problems we currently face as a nation, I'd be happy to introduce you to literally a million other things that should be worrying you more.

As a physician who now works in public health & policy, & as the father of a pre-teen boy who will inevitably be exposed to messages from the manosphere, I'm concerned about how MAHA, MAGA, & masculinity influencers have merged Here's my new OpEd on the risks www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | The Manosphere and MAHA Have Merged. I Worry for My Pre-Teen Son.

This culture is driving three main kinds of health risks

medpagetoday.com

MAGA/MAHA: imaginary quarantine camps would have been an assault on civil liberties! Also MAGA/MAHA: let's kidnap adults & kids, tear-gas & zip tie kids, torture them all in concentration camps, & also separate Black kids from their families & "reparent" them in camps (www.npr.org/2026/04/29/n...)!

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · yesterday

And meanwhile the actual current HHS secretary is openly promoting sending children to work camps in lieu of mental health treatment but sure, imaginary quarantine camps that never happened are the real threat