Thread by @Ayjchan

If there was any science behind the rapid change of mind regarding a potential/likely lab #OriginOfCovid among the Proximal Origin authors, please share it with the world.

What was the evidence that emerged between Feb 2-4, 2020, that persuaded you SARS-CoV-2 was 100% natural?

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1481307495704449030

The scientists implicated in this #OriginOfCovid drama can easily demonstrate the scientific process if there was any.

They should also amend Proximal Origin so all contributions are acknowledged. Why obscure the leadership provided by scientific leaders?

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1482851182720823301?s=20&t=ws81J6pMH-N-NZ1EcO1IqA

If people are worried that emails are getting taken out of context, you're welcome to peruse them yourselves:
documentcloud.org/documents/2079…

documentcloud.org/documents/2104…

documentcloud.org/documents/2104…

h/t @JamesCTobias

There's no sign in these emails of any scientific evidence having changed the scientists' minds about the #OriginOfCovid

Maybe they redacted all of the scientific/technical content for some bizarre reason??

At least one Proximal Origin author told reporters it was the pangolin CoV data that changed their minds, but actually the pangolin studies did not address the most alarming feature that these scientists feared arose in a lab - the furin cleavage site.

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1485315994423685123

My takeaway from all the emails, interviews and reports so far is that the authors of Proximal Origin either cannot recall what was the exact evidence in early Feb 2020 that convinced them of a natural #OriginOfCovid or this evidence didn't exist.

How did the lead author of Proximal Origin know by Feb 4, 2020 that neither engineering for basic research or nefarious reasons was done?

Did they truly believe that they knew of all of the viruses studied in Wuhan? Don't they know about seamless cloning?

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1472208799008272389

Only a few days before, their stance had been that even if something could occur in nature, it didn't mean that it hadn't emerged in a laboratory.

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1481308041542877186

But also, around those same days, the scientist had been telling people publicly that the intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2 would be found soon.

It's now 2 years later. Zero original intermediate hosts found.

https://twitter.com/InWuchang/status/1418497076363726849?s=20&t=0_mA6FnRX7awf2Q5-ECLXg

Despite the available evidence now tipping in favor of a lab #OriginOfCovid some of these scientists have doubled down on their near certainty that SARS-CoV-2 came from the Huanan seafood market.

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1481635158671437827

Despite failing to find any signs of an original animal source after 2 years of searching, some scientists and reporters continue to assert that a natural #OriginOfCovid is much more likely.

This sometimes involves spreading misinformation on their part:

https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1476608152359649282

Or using Adobe Illustrator to beautify pixelated figures provided sans data to them by the Chinese authorities. And publishing these in prominent scientific journals.

https://twitter.com/danwalker9999/status/1461591621749772292

The above behaviors are way beyond what I've ever heard discussed at Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) courses.

This material could be the basis for an entire year's RCR meetings.