I see that the media has started to do its telephone-game thing of slowly exaggerating reality with each successive report.
I did not say that SARS-CoV-2 was genetically engineered. I said that it is reasonable to hypothesize and investigate if it was genetically engineered.
I did not say that SARS-CoV-2 was genetically engineered. I said that it is reasonable to hypothesize and investigate if it was genetically engineered.
https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1471445978867765251
I've even seen some media reporting that I've found evidence of a lab #OriginOfCovid
This is similar to what happened when @MichaelWorobey published his @ScienceMagazine letter, which became reported as a US scientist finding evidence of patient zero at the seafood market.
This is similar to what happened when @MichaelWorobey published his @ScienceMagazine letter, which became reported as a US scientist finding evidence of patient zero at the seafood market.
The context of my statement has not been reported. The @CommonsSTC asked its witnesses to provide a % likelihood estimate for natural vs lab #OriginOfCovid
Richard Horton went first and said he favored the @WHO view that lab origin is extremely unlikely.
Richard Horton went first and said he favored the @WHO view that lab origin is extremely unlikely.
@CommonsSTC @WHO I countered that a lab origin seems more likely.
The situation remains that no dispositive evidence has been reported for either natural or lab #OriginOfCovid Both remain plausible & worthy of a credible investigation. Neither investigation should be prioritized above the other.
The situation remains that no dispositive evidence has been reported for either natural or lab #OriginOfCovid Both remain plausible & worthy of a credible investigation. Neither investigation should be prioritized above the other.
@CommonsSTC @WHO If any reporters watched the actual session, the @CommonsSTC @mattwridley and I clearly said that we are only considering an accidental lab escape, not a bioweapon.
We don't say genetically engineering is likely, just that it must and can be investigated.
We don't say genetically engineering is likely, just that it must and can be investigated.
@CommonsSTC @WHO @mattwridley I also press my point to @CommonsSTC that it should be a priority to obtain original manuscripts, whether withdrawn, rejected or published, from our scientific journals so that we can get a better understand of the beginnings of the pandemic.
@CommonsSTC @WHO @mattwridley One highlight:
@CommonsSTC asked @TheLancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton who said he takes statements/declarations of competing interests on trust.
"Was nothing learnt about trust in the Lancet from the experience with Wakefield?"
@CommonsSTC asked @TheLancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton who said he takes statements/declarations of competing interests on trust.
"Was nothing learnt about trust in the Lancet from the experience with Wakefield?"
@CommonsSTC @WHO @mattwridley @TheLancet If anyone sees reporters misquoting me, please help me to share this thread with them.
Thank you!
Thank you!
@CommonsSTC @WHO @mattwridley @TheLancet I'm really happy to see that @WIONews has corrected their reporting on the @CommonsSTC meeting yesterday. Thank you very much!
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