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Exclusive: State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruseshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …
In 2018, U.S. Embassy officials visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology several times and sent two official warnings back to Washington about inadequate safety at the lab, which was conducting risky studies on coronaviruses from batshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …
"The cables have fueled discussions inside the U.S. government about whether this or another Wuhan lab was the source of the virus — even though conclusive proof has yet to emerge."https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …
“During interactions with scientists at the [Wuhan] laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,” states the Jan. 19, 2018, cablehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …
"The first cable, which I obtained, also warns that the lab’s work on bat coronaviruses and their potential human transmission represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic."https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/ …
Josh, did you talk to any scientists before running this piece? Specifically before running an anonymously-sourced claim that “circumstantial evidence” for a natural origin of the virus is “almost nothing?” That’s false.https://twitter.com/joshmich/status/1246053510266925056?s=21 …
Yes, i did. Why don't you read the piece before criticizing it.
I should point out one suspicious thing about this article though. Why is in the opinion section? Why isn't it just published as a normal story? One has to assume the answer is that it didn't meet the Post's standards in some way.
You assume incorrectly, Paul. I work for the Editorial section, but I write both news and opinion. It's pretty common. The same exact standards apply. Be careful before publicly assuming things.
This article inflates a flawed narrative. The BSL-4 lab was set up with US advisors & inspected & passed after international inspection. The public health staff from the Embassy were not BSL-4 trained inspectors & simply mentioned they thought there were too few trained techs.
What's wrong about this tweet is that the Embassy staffers were not saying they thought the safety was lax. They were TOLD by the WIV scientists THEMSELVES they didn't have enough trained staff to safely operate the lab.
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