We can credit the @WHO coordinated exploration with some things: They got into China after 1 year. They got to see what their Chinese counterparts had prepared for them, itinerary and reports. They got to see what their Chinese counterparts would not share with them or answer...
https://twitter.com/JamieMetzl/status/1362229183804497920
What I would like is if the team can carefully lay out: What they asked. What answers/data they were given or not given. Their hourly itinerary, who was in attendance at each event/meeting, if there was voting (and if there were non-unanimous votes; just numbers, not identity)...
I understand that a summary, full report & pressers are coming but these have to be signed off by ALL members including 50% of the team who are scientists in China.
Can journalists talk to non-Chinese teammates w/o disclosing their identities to get a handle on what happened?
Can journalists talk to non-Chinese teammates w/o disclosing their identities to get a handle on what happened?
Where covid came from is bigger than any person or org. It's not how many times you go on TV or write an article. Or even whether you get funded next year.
It's about determining, as a world together, should this type of wildlife trafficking or research continue unaltered?
It's about determining, as a world together, should this type of wildlife trafficking or research continue unaltered?
@LastWeekTonight convincingly put forward the case for reducing wildlife trafficking+habitat destruction. We absolutely need to stop these for the sake of our own survival.
But there is also the issue of proliferating potential pandemic pathogen research.
But there is also the issue of proliferating potential pandemic pathogen research.
https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver/status/1361414553137913857
Even if we never figure out, definitively, where covid-19 came from, we need to talk about PPP research as if covid-19 came from a lab.
I suspect earlier conversations by top scientists about this type of research were too weak due to a lack of precedent...
I suspect earlier conversations by top scientists about this type of research were too weak due to a lack of precedent...
Even today, some scientists continue to argue that it isn't plausible that SARS-CoV-2 could have emerged from a lab.
How can we talk about reducing (or eliminating) dual use aka bioweapons/defense research unless we acknowledge "this is risky and could've caused this pandemic!"
How can we talk about reducing (or eliminating) dual use aka bioweapons/defense research unless we acknowledge "this is risky and could've caused this pandemic!"
And if there is no deterrence or system to surveil and investigate (immediately) lab accidents resulting in outbreaks, then why would any country stop?
We're racing each other to the brink of extinction.
We're racing each other to the brink of extinction.
At this rate, we will see more (have already seen more) restrictions and investigations of #PopsicleOrigins cold chain/frozen foods than potential pandemic pathogen research.
Beijing "introduced mandatory testing and disinfection of foreign goods" 🥶
wsj.com/articles/who-c…
Beijing "introduced mandatory testing and disinfection of foreign goods" 🥶
wsj.com/articles/who-c…
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