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29 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
1/3 The awful attacks against scientists from the extremists continue.
Here is what the Anderson et al paper in @NatureMedicine says..."the evidence shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not a purposefully manipulated virus…"
2/3 ...since we observed all notable SARS-CoV-2 features, including the optimized RBD and polybasic cleavage site, in related coronaviruses in nature, we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible.
nature.com/articles/s4159…
Andersen, K.G., Rambaut, A., Lipkin, W.I. et al. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med 26, 450–452 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41591…
Let’s call this out for what it really is: a deliberate and carefully orchestrated effort from the far right to attack prominent US scientists in a Stalin-like doctor’s trial. It’s designed to intimidate us and to silence us. I will work as hard as I can to defeat their efforts

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30 Jun
1/3 Many thanks ⁦@PoppyHarlowCNN⁩ ⁦@jimsciutto⁩ for hosting me, we spoke about the heterogeneity of COVID19 transmission across the nation, a consequence of 2 major factors: levels of vaccination and delta variant. Therefore CDC recs should be fine tuned accordingly Image
2/3 for example risk is especially high right now in Southern Missouri due to low vaccine coverage and high delta variant. CDC might consider presenting a “force of infection” map for the nation. So for example even if vaccinated, if I’m indoors I might still mask where FOI high
3/3 other important point, it’s not too late to get vaccinated, in areas of low vaccine coverage and delta that FOI will seek you out and you will become infected
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29 Jun
We've thrown intelligence at this for over a year, as I've said repeatedly: without a full year-long international scientific investigation, collecting virus/antibody samples across Central China, Hubei, I doubt we'll uncover the origins of COVID-19 wsj.com/articles/biden…
Until (on our side) we halt self-defeating obsessions with GOF and lab leaks conspiracies + convince the Chinese (on their side) to halt the obfuscation and allow a full-on "one health" year-long science project in Central China, I doubt we'll ever fully understand COVID origins
Here's what I said last month @thedailybeast thedailybeast.com/the-only-way-t…
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27 Jun
This is madness:
There is no evidence SARS-2 CoV arose from GOF research
There is no evidence for a SARS-2 CoV lab leak
While not impossible, the most likely explanation remains that SARS-2 arose in China from natural origins
Just like SARS in 2002
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ri…
We urgently need a full scientific investigation into COVID origins conducted in Central China, and led by a team of international and Chinese virologists, epidemiologists, and ecologists. This will require months of onsite work.
Otherwise we’ll never figure this out, and the world will remain susceptible to future coronavirus pandemics
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24 Jun
Wait, @IngrahamAngle @GovRonDeSantis now going after me on Fox News? It’s like one of those bad dreams when you drink an extra glass of red wine 🍷 with dinner.

Peter: “Ann, you won’t believe the dream I had”

Ann: “The doctor warned you about tyramine, here’s an Advil”
If @FoxNews has so many issues with me, why can’t @TuckerCarlson @lauraingle just invite me on, so we can have an adult conversation. Honestly, I don’t want to go war. I want their help in vaccinating the nation. I’m really worried about my part of the country this summer
While they sit in Manhattan, I’m here in the South potentially facing a surge this summer from delta variant. Let’s work together, and get the nation vaccinated by July. I want nothing else from them. No apologies, no catharsis, just their help to vaccinate the nation. Honestly
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18 Jun
I know it, antivaccine groups redoubling efforts to scare pregnant women (and parents about their adolescent kids). The prediction is that many pregnant women (and adolescents) could contract the delta variant as it accelerates (currently >13% of virus isolates)
Here’s a good summary from @MayoClinic of why pregnant women are more likely to get very sick from COVID19 mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi…
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to speak with @KatyTurNBC about her COVID19 vaccination. I think by doing this publicly she may have saved a lot of lives. Also good on @MSNBC @NBCNewsPR @TODAYshow for strong public health messaging

today.com/parents/msnbc-…
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15 Jun
Yes but there’s more. I’m realizing that phony #LabLeak arguments have morphed into justifications to bully and intimidate prominent American scientists. The far right (but increasingly the mainstream GOP) are adopting antiscience as a major platform. I’m working to stop this
For instance, where is the condemnation of @DailyMailUK @DailyMail for their disgusting and unjustified hit piece on @PeterDaszak it’s nothing more than their capitulation to far right extremism and promotion of an antiscience agenda in order to sell newspapers
Or the condemnation of the attacks I’ve experienced from the “army of patriots” who say they will “hunt” me down? I’m looking at models like the Southern Poverty Law @splcenter but an organization to defend biomedical scientists vs far right (or even not so far right) attacks
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