Thread by @Ayjchan

I didn’t realize it was comedy night.

https://twitter.com/thelancet/status/1438994634945056771

“After inspection of the WIV biosafety laboratory, the WHO–China joint expert group also concluded that the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 through a laboratory incident was “extremely unlikely””

“as mentioned in the phase 1 joint report of the WHO-convened global study of origins of SARS-CoV-2, internal audit is a better alternative for all high-level biosafety laboratories worldwide to further exclude the “laboratory incident” hypothesis.”

“SARS-CoV-2 could plausibly spread across regions through cold-chain transmission and raise questions as to whether the location in which the virus was first reported was necessarily the site of its origin”

“retrospective sampling and testing should be performed to trace the origin of cold-chain imports”

“Chinese scientists and medical workers have always kept an open and cooperative attitude, working vigorously with the international scientific community in all aspects and offering unreserved accurate data”

“… immediately shared the whole genome sequence of the virus with the rest of the world”

I’m sure the bravest people were the scientists, doctors, journalists and sleuths in China who risked and gave their lives to share important information about the virus with their communities and the world.

@TheLancet is doing these true heroes a disservice with this letter.