The @WHO clarified today that the China-WHO origins of covid-19 team did not extensively assess the lab leak hypothesis.
And that WHO is ready to deploy future missions involving specialist experts to investigate a lab leak.
who.int/director-gener…
And that WHO is ready to deploy future missions involving specialist experts to investigate a lab leak.
who.int/director-gener…
By some error, the annexes to the full report by the China-WHO origins joint study team are still missing. This made it impossible for the press to ask questions about some potentially critical information stuck in the supplementary document (~200 pages).
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What might be stashed away in these annexes?
First of all, the team membership.
We still do not know who the 17 Chinese national members on the China-WHO team are.
That's ~50% of the team whose names and affiliations we still don't know, months after the study was set up.
First of all, the team membership.
We still do not know who the 17 Chinese national members on the China-WHO team are.
That's ~50% of the team whose names and affiliations we still don't know, months after the study was set up.
Second, the workplan and schedule of work for Phase 2 of the joint study is also in the annex.
Holy cow. Who set the priorities for what should be in the main text of the report vs the supplementary (which is still missing)?
Holy cow. Who set the priorities for what should be in the main text of the report vs the supplementary (which is still missing)?
All of these presentation slides are still not available to us; several containing (hopefully) data that scientists around the world have not had access to...
Concerning a database, the WIV, and animal testing across China but especially the Wuhan Huanan seafood market.
Concerning a database, the WIV, and animal testing across China but especially the Wuhan Huanan seafood market.
The summary reports of their visits to each site of importance, e.g., the WIV (but clearly not the COVID-19 exhibition for which there is no summary report).
Would be helpful if these annex reports name the attendees and how many government employees were in the room with them.
Would be helpful if these annex reports name the attendees and how many government employees were in the room with them.
The annexes also contain most of the detailed original data, analyses and methods that other scientists would be most interested in examining independently.
These should be released asap (not days or weeks later) so that we can see how well supported some of the conclusions are.
These should be released asap (not days or weeks later) so that we can see how well supported some of the conclusions are.
To the scientists and journalists who have a copy of the annexes: The embargo should be over.
You should provide a link to the document if you're going to talk about it to the public so that they're not just hearing the bits and pieces you think are important.
You should provide a link to the document if you're going to talk about it to the public so that they're not just hearing the bits and pieces you think are important.
Alright, here we go: who.int/docs/default-s…
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