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A one-of-a-kind bat research facility coming to Fort Collins has CSU scientists fighting misinformation

Posted by Rocket_Man
Tags: biology, usa.co.fort collins, misinformation, disinformation, bats, coronaviruses.covid19, research, universities, colorado state university, author.elizabeth hernandez, source.denverpost
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/07/16/csu-bat-research-facility-covid-misinformation/

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Authors
Elizabeth Hernandez
Published
Jul 16 2023
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1844 words

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  1. Rocket_Man
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    I've been listening to the Climate Town podcast (highly recommend) and in each episode they make a distinction between misinformation and disinformation. In my opinion this falls into the...

    I've been listening to the Climate Town podcast (highly recommend) and in each episode they make a distinction between misinformation and disinformation. In my opinion this falls into the disinformation category because people are using it as a prop to push their own political and conspiratorial agendas.

    It's also very disheartening how predictable this is. Like some people are zombies who just respond to keywords and were activated by Bat AND Lab.

    5 votes
  2. AugustusFerdinand
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    Another day, another thing that should be a non-story that becomes one because people, largely of a single side of the political aisle, are agonizingly stupid. Then why don't you shut the fuck up...

    Another day, another thing that should be a non-story that becomes one because people, largely of a single side of the political aisle, are agonizingly stupid.

    Christine Bowman has questions.

    She learned about the bat facility after a friend who lives near the university received mail from CSU letting them know about the project and inviting them to attend a public meeting approving the building. So Bowman attended the meeting and said her concerns about the lab were not assuaged.

    [...] I’m not a scientist...

    Then why don't you shut the fuck up and listen to the scientists? Like this...

    But the main concerns Bowman expressed — worries about gain-of-function research, misgivings about the types of diseases the university will be working with and unease about a researcher carrying a pathogen into the community — are addressed in a Frequently Asked Questions document the university put on its website.

    Wants "facts" can't be bothered to read. I wish breeding was significantly more complicated as a species so there'd have to be some base level of intelligence required to procreate.

    Bowman was interviewed on Ganahl and Bishop’s shows, during which she shared the email addresses of CSU scientists and encourages listeners to “inundate” them with questions.

    “We’re not being ugly about this,” Bowman told The Post. “We just want assurances or guarantees about the safety of this kind of research. I’m not going to harass any one person. I’m not going to picket when they break ground. I’m not taking to the streets. I want facts.”