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A recent discussion thread concerning the “lab leak” hypothesis for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 reminded me of another conspiracy theory involving claims of a bioweapon that also probably had a natural origin.The US government claimed that the Soviet Union was using trichothecene mycotoxins as biological weapons in Southeast Asia in the mid-1970s. In support of this, they pointed to the finding of mycotoxin on leaves and in the blood of people who...

A recent discussion thread concerning the “lab leak” hypothesis for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 reminded me of another conspiracy theory involving claims of a bioweapon that also probably had a natural origin.The US government claimed that the Soviet Union was using trichothecene mycotoxins as biological weapons in Southeast Asia in the mid-1970s. In support of this, they pointed to the finding of mycotoxin on leaves and in the blood of people who...

I was in the Moderna phase III clinical trial. 12 hours after the second jab, I had the predicted side effects: joint ache, mild fever, headache. Advil relieved the symptoms and they disappeared after another 24 hrs. This tells you the vaccine is working, not that it’s a bioweapon. As of last year, more than 12 billion COVID-19 doses had been delivered world-wide. The reported deaths associated with a miniscule fraction of those vaccinations are just...

I was in the Moderna phase III clinical trial. 12 hours after the second jab, I had the predicted side effects: joint ache, mild fever, headache. Advil relieved the symptoms and they disappeared after another 24 hrs. This tells you the vaccine is working, not that it’s a bioweapon. As of last year, more than 12 billion COVID-19 doses had been delivered world-wide. The reported deaths associated with a miniscule fraction of those vaccinations are just...