🧵list of prepandemic warnings about gain-of-function research and lab leaks
1) Lynn Klotz, 2012: "But with 42 labs carrying out live PPP research, this basic 0.3 percent probability translates to an 80 percent likelihood of escape...
... from at least one of the 42 labs every 12.8 years, a time interval smaller than those that have separated influenza pandemics in the 20th century. This level of risk is clearly unacceptable." thebulletin.org/2012/08/the-un…
Sep 28, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
/1 A sad story of censorship of science. Not the first time we hear this since the start of this pandemic...
👇 One of a series of tweets by Steven Quay critical of the Pekar et al. "Lineage A and B" paper which supposedly proves a natural spillover at the Huanan market.
@Rossana38510044@MonaRahalkar@tony_vandongen It looks like they tried to slow down the spread during october/november.
From Sharri Markson's book, p16:
"high school classes started shutting down in November, wherever there had been infected students."
1/4@Rossana38510044@MonaRahalkar@tony_vandongen "It’s extraordinary that classes were cancelled as early as November because of a flu-like illness."
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Dec 10, 2021 • 12 tweets • 12 min read
@SGeysenbergh@CarlvKeirsbilck@realBertBlocken Er is nooit een goede reden geweest om aan te nemen dat ventilatie niet belangrijk is. Toen het virus ons land bereikte waren al meerdere aanwijzingen dat het airborne is. /1@SGeysenbergh@CarlvKeirsbilck@realBertBlocken "Evidence that airborne transmission was important began emerging in Wuhan in late 2019 and early 2020. ... once full airborne precautions were implemented in hospitals, the number of healthcare workers who became infected dropped dramatically." /2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
