Nicholas Wade’s 2nd piece on #OriginsOfCovid
We really need a detailed, non-redacted explanation of what happened at that Feb 1, 2020 meeting among top international scientists.
thebulletin.org/2021/08/how-co…
We really need a detailed, non-redacted explanation of what happened at that Feb 1, 2020 meeting among top international scientists.
thebulletin.org/2021/08/how-co…
I laid out the timeline by which top expert opinions had changed within 3 days of the Feb 1 call.
We know even after the call, several still thought a lab leak more likely and one feared he would be the scientist to break it to the world that the virus had come from a lab.
We know even after the call, several still thought a lab leak more likely and one feared he would be the scientist to break it to the world that the virus had come from a lab.
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1416392092654309381
It wasn’t the result of even 2 weeks of new data and revision, it was just 3 days.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1418231753475428357
Even during the period when they all strongly thought the virus had come from a lab, one of the experts was telling the public that an intermediate host would soon be found.
https://twitter.com/inwuchang/status/1418497076363726849
We saw something similar happening with a different group of virologists.
In private, sharing fears of a lab origin.
In public, writing letters to debunk the lab leak hypothesis.
One year later, deleting their tweets and Twitter accounts.
In private, sharing fears of a lab origin.
In public, writing letters to debunk the lab leak hypothesis.
One year later, deleting their tweets and Twitter accounts.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1426175020271865864
In view of the US intelligence report coming next week, it might not be such a bad idea for scientists (not just virologists) to publicly express a more moderate viewpoint on the #OriginsOfCovid instead of insisting that the evidence points strongly in favor of natural spillover.
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