Thread by @BioSRP

1/3 My experience of #Nido2023 (the coronavirus meeting in Montreux) so far
1) The organisers refused to let me share the materials I bought. That is, two articles, one on #Ebola2014 and our proposed origin of SARS-CoV-2

See: independentsciencenews.org/health/did-wes…
and
independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/a…

This is under the instruction of Swiss virologist Volker Thiel.
They have also been removing ones I have left around while I have been attending the talks. T

They also stopped me asking my question to ZLS.

See next tweet below:

At the conclusion of Shi Zhengli's talk the microphone person went over to hand me the microphone but the podium stopped them and sent them to another questioner.

Then I put my hand up again and a different microphone person came over to me....

The chair tried again to stop them and Flo Debarre (trying to whisper from 6 rows in front) says" dont give him the microphone" quite loudly. So they withdrew it and went over to flo instead who explained something or other to them...

By now the audience is wondering what's up! Several few people came up after and said it wasn't right to censor questioners. They don't even know the organisers have stopped me sharing articles.

Then began a favourite game, conference cat-and-mouse. So I set out more articles and left them for the audience to pick up. But I sat nearby so the organisers could see I was watching. After 20mins or so two organisers did take them all. I followed them, which they didnt expect.

I tracked them downstairs to the poster room, expecting they would throw them in the bin. They were for some reason coming my way. They saw me, turned and scurried into the poster room. They didnt know I was following them. Then they realised I was and the one holding....

the papers ran behind the posters while the other stopped. I said "I am glad your colleague likes science so much she took all the copies". Then I pointed out they were stealing and the copies cost 10 Francs each. They offered to give them back at the end of the conference...

This wont do though. A) its still censorship B) I will have to carry them home and they are heavy and it may not be practical. C) I expect they will be damaged.