Did Covid-19 come from nature or from a lab?

The pandemic originated from a natural transmission of a virus from an animal to a human.

Zoonosis

The pandemic emerged as a result of a virus that leaked from a lab in Wuhan. 

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Covid-19

The following is a response to Scott Alexander’s post about Rootclaim’s debate on the origins of Covid-19. Prelude We were initially excited to have Scott cover the story, hoping that someone with an affinity to probabilities would like to dig into our analysis and fully understand it. Sadly, Scott seemingly hadn&#8217;t enough time to do [&hellip;]

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Getting to the root of the controversy. Together. With numbers.

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And the winner of Rootclaim’s COVID-19 origins debate and the $100,000 prize is… Unfortunately, not us :). We would like to explain this result, but first, we would like to congratulate our opponent and Rootclaim’s first challenger, Peter Miller. Miller showcased an impressive understanding of the details during the debate, which was hard to match. [&hellip;]

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Have mRNA vaccines killed more people than they have saved?

Rootclaim accepts $500,000 challenge on COVID vaccine safety & efficacy - Rootclaim Blog

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The Problem As the pandemic seemingly becomes endemic, two new, purpose-built drugs have just been FDA-approved. Pharmaceutical companies have been busy perfecting these new treatments,  paxlovid and molnupiravir, almost since the pandemic began. The approval and roll-out of vaccines similarly took the better part of a year, on an expedited process no less. But the [&hellip;]

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Do you think ivermectin cures COVID-19? Think carefully: in the age of culture wars, your answer defines your politics. If you think ivermectin is useful, you are an anti-vaxxer, Trump-supporting libertarian; If you think it isn’t, you are a godless, big-government cosmopolitan. Sorry, we don’t make the rules.  Fine, but still, who is right? The [&hellip;]

Ivermectin: both sides are wrong - Rootclaim Blog

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SyriaResolved - Rootclaim Blog

A reexamination of rocket trajectories shows that the chemical rockets were launched from opposition - controlled territory.

Rocket trajectories show that the chemical rockets were launched from opposition - controlled territory.

New evidence resolves the controversy surrounding the 2013 Syria sarin attack.

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We’re proud to announce some exciting updates to Rootclaim. Since its inception, Rootclaim has focused on exposing the truth on many issues in public discourse using probabilistic inference. Rootclaim has established an outstanding track record, using proven mathematical models and publicly available information to overcome the flaws of human reasoning. However, this time consuming approach [&hellip;]

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syria

Win a debate with a Rootclaim team member about the sarin attacks in Syria and take home $100,000.

$100,000 Syria Debate Challenge

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Studies show that high doses of vitamin D reduce the severity of Covid-19 in hospitalized patients.

$100,000 Challenge: Treating Covid-19 with Vitamin D

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We estimate the probability that vitamin D reduces the severity of Covid-19, and analyze the risks of adopting the treatment now vs. waiting for further studies.

Vitamin D Can Likely End the COVID-19 Pandemic - Rootclaim Blog

Saar

Ola Kravchenko murdered Tair Rada.&nbsp;

Roman Zdorov murdered Tair Rada.&nbsp;

Between 1-4 Nofey Golan students murdered Tair Rada.&nbsp;

Amini died as a result of a heart attack or stroke (not induced by violence).

Amini was struck by the Guidance Patrol, leading to an unlikely nor intended outcome.

Amini was intentionally beaten to death by the Guidance Patrol, for example for religious reasons.

An IDF shooter shot Shireen, not due to crossfire.&nbsp;

A Palestinian militant assassinated Shireen.

A Palestinian militant mistook the journalists for IDF soldiers.

An IDF soldier accidentally hit the journalists while shooting at armed Palestinians.

A Palestinian militant accidentally hit the journalists while shooting at IDF soldiers.

No, Putin does not have cancer,&nbsp;and has not had cancer in the last 10 years.

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Rootclaim Launches Open Analysis Platform That Surpasses Human Reasoning

Anti-Fraud Experts Launch News-Accuracy Site, Find U.S. Probably Blamed Wrong Side for Syria Chemical Attack

Fighting Fake News - Proof and Probability

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Rootclaim Launches Open Analysis Platform That Surpasses Human Reasoning

Anti-Fraud Experts Launch News-Accuracy Site, Find U.S. Probably Blamed Wrong Side for Syria Chemical Attack

Fighting Fake News - Proof and Probability

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