Is There a Disconnection Between Science and Science?

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A scientist is sort of trained to doubt everything and think about all the different ways things can be. That is kind a part of the way that scientists think, which isn't necessarily how josephine blugs in the street thinks. And we end up with potentially a big mountain being made out of something that was only really a molehill in the scientific community in the first place. The sad thing as i can manipulated for political aims or for other aims that have nothing really to do with the evidence on either side. It's just two very different approaches to the same concept.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been allegations that SARS-CoV-2 could have originated in a Chinese lab. A phase one WHO investigation concluded that a 'lab-leak' was "extremely unlikely" and yet, the theory has seen a resurgence in recent weeks with several scientists wading into the debate.

In this episode of Coronapod, we delve into what scientists have been saying and ask how and why the 'lab-leak' hypothesis has gained so much traction. We ask if the way we communicate complex and nuanced science could be fuelling division, and what the fallout could be for international collaboration on ending the pandemic.

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