Thread by @Ayjchan

I feel like suddenly all the major news organizations are interested in the origins of SARS2/covid, or were saving these stories up for the 1-year anniversary of the outbreak. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

It's possibly giving the public whiplash. Up till recently (even today), many people likely still thought the virus had come from a wet market in Wuhan through the illegal wildlife trade.

Suddenly, all these stories of obstruction into the investigation of origins are emerging.

The article provides an interesting window into the new Wuhan 'Battle Against Covid-19 Special Exhibition' and the difficulties reporters faced tracking down and talk to vendors from the Huanan seafood market. But they forgot to clarify that one of their heavily cited experts..

.. has a significant collaborative, financial relationship with the researchers & WIV in the center of covid lab origin theories.

Of course, they worry "findings into how the virus originated — whether from China or elsewhere — will be clouded in “conspiracy cover-up talk.”"

Let me just make it clear. There was and there is a cover up. That's not conspiracy theory talk.

I understand many journalists and scientists want to play nice to try and solicit cooperation, but not calling out conflicts of interest and foulplay is just giving in totally.

This is just bonkers: on the @WHO origins investigation team, "WHO had selected expert candidates from around the world for the mission and it was now up to Beijing to say who would be on the international team"
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