No way... of the 12 members of the Lancet origins investigation team, the chair (Daszak) and 5 other members (total of half the team) co-signed @TheLancet letter condemning lab origin conspiracy theories in early Feb. ecohealthalliance.org/2020/11/member…
"The judge or the lawyers then ask them questions as to whether they have any knowledge of the case or have had specific experiences that might cause them to be biased or unfair. This questioning of the potential jurors is known as voir dire (to speak the truth)."
"If either lawyer believes there is information that suggests a juror is prejudiced about the case, he or she can ask the judge to dismiss that juror for cause... Each lawyer may request the dismissal of an unlimited number of jurors for cause."
I'd say at least 6 in your case.
This is @TheLancet definition: "conflicts can also occur because of personal relationships or rivalries, academic competition, or intellectual beliefs. A conflict can be actual or potential.. full disclosure.. of all relationships is a requisite." …s-jbs-prod-cdn.jbs.elsevierhealth.com/pb/assets/raw/…
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Freedom of speech is important in academia & science but difficult to navigate when it comes to politicized topics.
With #OriginOfCovid, some scientists, journals & reporters have competing interests & may be blamed if research they conducted, funded or glorified caused Covid.
On Tuesday’s hearing, chief editor of Science said the scientific community contributed to politicization of Covid & it was wrong to paint 'lab leak' as a conspiracy theory.
There was widespread consensus, Democrat or Republican, that #OriginOfCovid remains unresolved.
Several representatives asked for forward-facing solutions but none were presented. Today, the media continues to hang onto mistakes & politics of the past.
When confronted, many scientists or journalists who misled their peers & the public on #OriginOfCovid make no apologies.
@BulletinAtomic The point of assembling an international task force of experts with truly different view points on #OriginOfCovid and what qualifies as risky research was so that the consensus recommendations would be robust to attacks from angry people on both sides of this issue.
Leaders of scientific funding agencies said Proximal Origin was a nice job. According to the lead author of Proximal Origin, Farrar, Fauci & Collins had advised and led them as they wrote the letter.
So why won't @NatureMedicine put these leaders in the acknowledgements?
Beyond what @Bryce_Nickels pointed out in his letter to @NatureMedicine & International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the Proximal Origin authors failed to point out that their funder(s) had been involved in the work. nature.com/nature-portfol…
After Proximal Origin is published, the first author continues to worry about lab #OriginOfCovid - citing "definitely concerning work" at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
2020: Some 🧑🔬 dismissed lab #OriginOfCovid as implausible/conspiracy theory. Journalists captured. Issue polarized. Mudslinging from both sides.
2021-: FOIA/subpoenas show 🧑🔬 went too far, misled journalists. Lab origin plausible/likely.
2024: Some 🧑🔬, including those who misled journalists on #OriginOfCovid and engaged in their own repeated harassment of scientists asking for fair investigation, complain to employers about harassment by scientists on side of lab leak.
Even scientists who acted completely professionally and civilly have been silenced on lab #OriginOfCovid and advocating for better biosafety to protect millions or billions of lives from lab-based pandemics.
I believe that reporting on online harassment should be fair.
The latest piece by @jocelynkaiser does not point out the harassment that these dozen scientists filing a complaint have themselves engaged in towards other scientists like myself in the past 4 years.
@jocelynkaiser I would also like to invite the employers of these dozen scientists to review their tweets directed at me and other scientists, and to let us know what their standards for ethical and professional behavior are.
@jocelynkaiser Being a Covid-19 scientist on social media is possibly one of the most stressful social media roles one can have. I've certainly had moments where I lost my cool. And I've been targeted by people holding extreme positions on both sides.