An interesting read. Worth noting that extreme delays in data sharing are the reason behind this particular mess. All ways out of it involve more data sharing, and promptly
An interesting read. Worth noting that extreme delays in data sharing are the reason behind this particular mess. All ways out of it involve more data sharing, and promptly
@BillHanage From the same china that you all tried to emulate to attain zero covid?
@BillHanage Remember when Amy forgot she was on a panel with Peter Daszak and claimed the photo was shopped? Yes, she is definitely an “interesting” character in this ongoing saga.
@BillHanage It’s the first time that I have heard her call on more SarsCoV2 data release by the Chinese authorities. Never heard her call for patient tracing data, which is far more likely to get to the origin than environmental samples from 2020. Do these data exist? @gdemaneuf can tell u
@BillHanage And sharing of the WIV database contents?
@BillHanage What I find interesting is the Huunan market zoonotic spillover folks ignore the the reported earlier covid cases that are unrelated to the market. Sure, data from the market event is relevant, but how does one explain earlier cases? Inconvenient facts. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
@BillHanage Worth noting that here you seem to defend unethical behaviour. On multiple levels. That’s more interesting.
@BillHanage The genome data would go a long ways to putting this thing to rest. Virologists have been saying for years that the genome doesn’t support lab leak and in fact 2 different variants were found at the market only one of which circulated. The CCP did itself no favor hiding all this.
@BillHanage Probably stupid question - but is this all digitized data? Could it be faked? Surely enough time to make up some data in 3 years, if wanted to then allow some to be released for a particular narrative. How is the integrity checked on data source / veracity? "Sharing the data" 🤔
@BillHanage @SaskiaPopescu ✅ So what are the obstacles to better sharing? My take is that National Security types claiming biowar or blaming China based on “secret, classified” evidence—remember Yellowcake?—will block trust & collaboration, just as Trump pulling out of WHO was intended to
@BillHanage Interesting that the data belongs to Gao et al whose preprint concluding that the market was not the #OriginofCovid has been ignored by mainstream media since Feb 2022 but a weak, inconclusive analysis of same data linking raccoon dogs created a media frenzy.