Former Nature reporter who had written many (very useful) articles on biosafety which, he notes correctly, ha taken a backseat to this debate even though it is crucial—it is important no matter may have happened. Yet, such experts are rarely interviewed.https://twitter.com/Declan_M_Butler/status/1408452780772188162 …
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This is a great thread full of crucial biosafety articles that had been published Nature, and, as a topic, have been sorely missing from this discussion.https://twitter.com/Declan_M_Butler/status/1408458284827357191 …
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Ralph Baric has said you can’t rule things out or prove them just by looking at the genome. And yet people debate the furin cleavage site on Twitter. Meanwhile, biosafety—a basic, structural and forward-looking issue—is elided. (But this is the thread for FCS, if you insist.
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This is an amazing piece, featuring quotes from Dr. Ralph Baric—one of world’s foremost scientists on bat coronaviruses, and co-author of Dr. Shi of WIV on that 2015 paper with the chimeric virus. *Really* worth your time. By
@rowanjacobsen in@techreview. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-function-risky-bat-virus-engineering-links-america-to-wuhan/ …pic.twitter.com/OSSCrcC8JB
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What do you make of the story/interview of the Australian scientist who was working in the Wuhan lab. Does it give you a little more pause? She said it’s not an impossibility but the operation seemed pretty air tight. An interesting insider look
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You’ve been correct all along and a great source of information. I’ll always credit you with helping me provide accurate information to family and friends throughout the pandemic. Thank you!!
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"Smear campaigns are frequent and overall intimidation ... have become commonplace..An ever-growing number of journalists are targets of threats, increasingly via online means. Journalists are targets of harassment, hate speech and smear..."
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An annotated chronological list would be very useful.
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Too busy with the analyses and writing but yep. Women have to do this, especially, in my experience but I keep not bothering.
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You have been right about everything. As has
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I’m not claiming I was right about everything! I’m saying my track record is mine, and by all means, people should go at it. I’m responsible for it.
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