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31 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Some interesting differences on the WIV portal, showing how web.archive.org can be harnessed:

Removal of many international links on the 22 Mar 2021:
web.archive.org/web/diff/20210…
'Projects' and 'Achievements' entries removed on 2 Sep 2020.
web.archive.org/web/diff/20200…
Easy to do from the 'Changes' page on web.archive.org:
web.archive.org/web/changes/ht…
More info on how to use web.archive.org:
@MarkGraham

gijn.org/2021/05/05/tip…
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30 Oct
Let's get a few things clear about this declassified ODNI assessment (ODNI: Office of the Director of National Intelligence) :
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
First as is written on page 2:
"This assessment is based on information through August 2021."

In other words it does NOT include any information that has come up since the summary assessment of 26th Aug 21.
dni.gov/index.php/news…
In particular it does not include the DEFUSE revelations (especially about the FCS).

Or the latest revelations that show that GoF on BatCoVs was indeed happening within the WIV.

It is based on data frozen in time - nothing new since the summary report: dni.gov/index.php/news…
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29 Oct
There is quite a bit of confusion as to what was by EHA reported and when.

So let me try to clarify this.
wsj.com/articles/coron…
Issue #1: the WIV1-SHC014 experiment.

The NIH tries to call it 'limited' and 'unexpected'.
[I won't go trough the details but it is not much unexepected as far as I can tell - it's a fully possible result that was being tested for here.]
That was part of year 5 reporting - officially submitted on the 3rd August 2021 according to the records.
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23 Oct
A very good article by Simon Wain-Hobson in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a newspaper of reference in Germany:

faz.net/aktuell/wissen…
"Nothing goes right all the time. So it is in research labs. Despite sophisticated safety installations and strict rules in virology labs accidents and leaks happen. Indeed, they are underreported."
"The virologists doing this work said it would help them predict the next pandemic virus. Armed with this insight, they claimed it would be possible to develop preventive vaccines and drugs that could be frozen and stored."

"Sadly, it’s a pipedream."
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23 Oct
Who would have thought so?
"African diplomats are becoming exasperated by China's demands for diplomatic support on every issue from Covid-19's origins to the human rights of the Uighurs in Xinjiang province,.."
"..whether it's in the World Health Organization, the UN Human Rights Council, diplomatic sources told Africa Confidential."

"Chinese diplomats email, text and call their African counterparts directly to get them to sign joint letters, support motions and other measures.."
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23 Oct
Angela Rasmussen:

“Withholding data from the government agency that funds your work with taxpayer dollars does not engender trust. Federal research grants are not an entitlement."
plus.cq.com/shareExternal/…
"Failing to comply with oversight measures put into place largely for safety reasons is inexcusable. I’m not going to sit idly by while [EHA] inaction allows unqualified grifters and opportunists free reign to disparage my entire profession, ultimately making everyone less safe"
Jaime Yassif (@JaimeYassif), senior fellow for global biological policy and programs:

"I would have flagged this project.
Looking at the experiment of concern that's highlighted in the letter, it appears to me as gain-of-function research, even before the 'one log' requirement."
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22 Oct
Please send your feedback to SAGO@who.int before the 27th Oct.

When it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck - it must be a duck.
So personally I will be asking for some ducks to be removed and replaced with independent experts in biosafety and biosecurity.
In my judgement:

Duck #1: Marion Koopmans

"Lab in Wuhan is a ‘Debunked Theory’ just like meteorites or snakes"

21 Feb 20, KNAW-symposium, ‘From spillover to global threat: science in action’, moderator Ron Fouchier.

knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nie…
‘Not a grain of evidence’:

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