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As the person who originally posted this to HN, after reading some of the refutations of Matt Y’s piece (the OP), I’ve come to believe the evidence for zoonotic origin is stronger than Matt Y gives cr…

That paragraph is around two thirds of the way through the full post that subscribers see.

I think your comment is in keeping with Matt’s point, that virus spread among humans or animals at the Wuhan seafood market doesn’t on its own contradict the possibility of a lab leak.

While I am an Yglesias fan, I don’t think your take is unfair. Matt often describes himself as a professional take-haver, and admits to trying to put out somewhat contrarian takes on topics. One of my…

The article (by Matt Yglesias) is more nuanced than the title may suggest. Here’s a quote that gets at the gist of the piece: “The evidence really does show pretty clearly that there were one or more …

Interesting. Must be a WebKit issue - I’m running safari on iOS

I only see the first page when I click the article link. I found the full text online here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Matthews-2/publi... …

The psychological “overjustification effect” would seem to suggest otherwise. Hard to keep up the ecosystem when the money saps all the fun yet doesn’t even hit minimum wage. https://en.wik…

This would make a fitting entry for Tyler's running series “Markets in Everything”