Thread by @RogerPielkeJr

This is an exceptionally well done documentary on COVID-19 origins, with English subtitles

Sars-Cov2 anatomia di un complotto - PresaDiretta 29/03/2021 via @YouTube

This is the most remarkable new information I learned from it

Chinese government views the publication of scientific research on COVID-19 like “moves in a game of chess”

This just further supports the need to carefully analyze the research record — that in public and that behind the scenes — to better under stand these “moves in a game of chess”

Science has been enlisted in a propaganda “game” in plain sight

rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/scientific-l…

Now, read this excellent @Ayjchan thread not from the standpoint of science but instead from the standpoint of a “game of chess”

https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1320344055230963712

For instance

Read Liu et al 2019 on pangolins and coronaviruses
And then consider @Ayjchan timeline below
There are important questions raised that journals may have answers to in their peer review files and correspondence

Again, we are playing chess, not just science

In a pre-print @Ayjchan & Zhan identify the mistaken representation of an identical genomic sequence in Xiao et al to that which was used Liu et al as independent (among other inconsistencies)
The mistake (innocent or not) conveyed a convenient impression
biorxiv.org/content/biorxi…

The scientific literature was clearly used to mount a full-court press on pangolins imported to China as an intermediate host for COVID-19

There are enough curiosities in the data & claims to warrant a deeper dive into the research process

Of course playing chess via research can be consistent with a range of COVID-19 origins, but understanding this game and how it may have influenced the research record is important, not just for origins but scientific integrity

/ALL FOR NOW 😎