“It comes just days before Anthony Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies to Congress, where he is likely to be grilled on why he approved a $600,000 grant that was used for risky coronavirus research” ft.com/content/5e20cb…
I’m almost 100% sure all the wrong questions are going to be asked again, leading to zero new progress or insight into what research was conducted on novel SARS-like viruses.
Please no more holding up 3D models of the spike or pieces of paper showing alignments.
No more arguing about gain of function - these arguments are super unproductive because people aren’t using the same definitions.
No more arguing about gain of function - these arguments are super unproductive because people aren’t using the same definitions.
Please just ask, without any dramatics, how we can get ahold of all EcoHealth communications & docs related to SARS-like virus work and what new regulations will protect us from future lab-based outbreaks.
These 2 very straightforward, good faith questions should be answered.
These 2 very straightforward, good faith questions should be answered.
https://twitter.com/ayjchan/status/1454085823779983363
No more drama please. It’s delaying and distracting from an actual investigation.
How is it we are 2 years into the pandemic, one year in each administration, and still no investigation of the #OriginOfCovid ??
How is it we are 2 years into the pandemic, one year in each administration, and still no investigation of the #OriginOfCovid ??
Hopefully the answers to the 2 urgent questions above are that we do have a timely plan to look into US-based communications and documents relevant to #OriginOfCovid and also a concrete plan to make pathogen research safer and more transparent.
Both democrats and republicans can ask these 2 questions, and show that you are the leader who gets things done.
The questions are 100% action-oriented and SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and, if you want, time bound.
The questions are 100% action-oriented and SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and, if you want, time bound.
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1454490268770648065
Contrast this to the 100% inaction-oriented approach of asking NIH if they funded gain of function research (non-specific, subjectively defined term).
I suspect the most accurate answer to that is "it was not flagged by reviewers as gain of function research of concern".
I suspect the most accurate answer to that is "it was not flagged by reviewers as gain of function research of concern".
All that question achieves is more politicization & polarization. Media & social media goes 🥜 for a week. People yelling about what they think is GOF.
Zero progress towards finding the #OriginOfCovid
Zero measures taken to make pathogen research safer
Zero accountability
Zero progress towards finding the #OriginOfCovid
Zero measures taken to make pathogen research safer
Zero accountability
Some of the people who are suppressing information around the #OriginOfCovid crave this political drama.
It's an endless stalemate where each side can believe they're the heroes and the other side is the lying villain.
But we're all just sitting ducks for the next pandemic.
It's an endless stalemate where each side can believe they're the heroes and the other side is the lying villain.
But we're all just sitting ducks for the next pandemic.
The person who can put politics aside and get these 2 things done has my full respect and would potentially have saved millions of lives without knowing it:
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1454085823779983363
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