Yay, poke fun and emphasize only what serves your "side". And if you think leak is still plausible, you're the kooky anti-scientist..?
But what's actually substantive here? researchsquare.com/article/rs-137…
(1) SARS2+ found all over Market mainly on the ground& sewage wells, also west-side stalls, bags, fences, even a "feather removal machine" (2) this data published by the Chinese CDC 2 yrs after sampling in Jan'20 (3) 1 LinA positive sample found on a glove 1/1/20, the rest LinB.
(4) Conclusions of the paper are quite startling given the CCDC (not Worobey et al. or the WHO) collected, worked up &possess all the raw data: ZERO evidence of an animal origin was found at the Market. ALL of the SARS2 virus found originated in people, none came from animals.
And so, another reason why I used the word "startling", is instead of acknowledging the paper's polar opposite conclusion, Worobey et al, pick off the LinA result and jump up& down claiming it bolsters THEIR argument. Tell me that's not privilege and arrogance?
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Everybody on Twitter thinks theyve important things to say, I've a small footprint of ~400 followers but this might be the most important Tweet I’ve made since joining in Aug21. What's happening to Science's reputation is appalling& as an institution will take decades to recover.
I love science& my work in it. Served on my share of review panels (50?)& reviewed 100s of grant proposals& manuscripts. Never have I seen anything like this before. Disturbing times w extraordinary occurrences never allowed previously that I can recall in my 30 yr career.
Even if highly impactful, attracting so much media coverage as we're seeing re: explosive non-peer reviewed research doesn’t happen by accident, the authors have been provided an unheard-of gateway by someone or something much more influential than they are.