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Well-known German virologist critiques the Worobey and Pekar preprints. Describing their multiple spillover hypothesis at the market as "comical" and making no sense from the POV of plausibility.
h/t @gdemaneuf
ardaudiothek.de/episode/kekule…
h/t @gdemaneuf
ardaudiothek.de/episode/kekule…
@gdemaneuf The reason why #ProximalOrigin authors & Friends are pushing the multiple spillover hypothesis so hard is because otherwise the market zoonosis hypothesis has no legs.
But this multiple spillover hypothesis is itself not supported by any evidence.
But this multiple spillover hypothesis is itself not supported by any evidence.
All early market cases were Lineage B; no trace of the "ancestral" Lineage A (more similar to bat coronaviruses than B).
When Lineage A was finally detected in one surface sample from the market in 2020, the sequence was of a later version of Lineage A.
When Lineage A was finally detected in one surface sample from the market in 2020, the sequence was of a later version of Lineage A.
#OriginOfCovid reporting in early 2022 is a repeat of what happened in early 2020.
Some scientists, including some from 2020 #ProximalOrigin, put out a paper claiming certainty of a natural origin.
Reporters, incl some from 2020, rush out headlines amplifying this claim. /20
Some scientists, including some from 2020 #ProximalOrigin, put out a paper claiming certainty of a natural origin.
Reporters, incl some from 2020, rush out headlines amplifying this claim. /20
I get that people’s bandwidths are stretched right now with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
But weren’t any lessons learnt from 2020 about responsible COVID-19 reporting?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
But weren’t any lessons learnt from 2020 about responsible COVID-19 reporting?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
After reading the preprints, I quickly identified major scientific issues or misunderstandings undermining the main claims of the highly reported Worobey et al. preprint.
I will address the 11 key claims of this preprint listed in their discussion.
zenodo.org/record/6299116…
I will address the 11 key claims of this preprint listed in their discussion.
zenodo.org/record/6299116…
