Gathering scientific evidence is very tricky; we would like it to happen quickly but data gathering and processing is not easy.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

I think it's a bit of a panic to jump out of the nearest escape hatch.

What we're trying to do here, to borrow an insurance phrase, is 'Don't turn a drama into a crisis'.

Even though the data are not as precise as we would like, they do bring some fresh and important data to the table that hadn't existed before.

Claims that cannot be tested, assertions immune to disproof are veridically worthless, whatever value the may have in inspiring us or in exciting our sense of wonder.