An interview of Peter Daszak, EcoHealth Alliance from a year ago:
"Daszak says that around 16,000 bats have been sampled and around 100 new SARS-like viruses discovered."
May we please see the data concerning these 100 new SARS-like viruses discovered?
economist.com/science-and-te…
"Daszak says that around 16,000 bats have been sampled and around 100 new SARS-like viruses discovered."
May we please see the data concerning these 100 new SARS-like viruses discovered?
economist.com/science-and-te…
Very next sentence: "In particular, some bats found in China are now known to harbour coronaviruses that seem pre-adapted to infect people."
Did another top expert in the field use the word "pre-adapted"?
Did another top expert in the field use the word "pre-adapted"?
We know that not all of these novel SARSrCoVs (and their sequences) are in the public domain.
Even the most recently published RaTG15 was collected in 2015.
Even the most recently published RaTG15 was collected in 2015.
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1397593464079015946
The best insight we have to the viruses sampled by WIV teams is from the analysis of @franciscodeasis
Either they suffered a dry spell in virus hunting shortly after 2015 or, more likely, have not published/shared their more recently collected viruses.
Either they suffered a dry spell in virus hunting shortly after 2015 or, more likely, have not published/shared their more recently collected viruses.
https://twitter.com/franciscodeasis/status/1416089197665001475
I see a lot of people tweeting that there's no way to investigate the #OriginsOfCovid
There are troves of data and information, as well as communications, sitting outside of China that haven't been released for analysis.
We should at least look at those before giving up.
There are troves of data and information, as well as communications, sitting outside of China that haven't been released for analysis.
We should at least look at those before giving up.
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