I do really just think the global public has a right to know how the #SARSCoV2 pandemic began. No plans to stop chasing answers there. People/orgs are welcome to take a swing at intimidation, but I can also suggest more productive ways to use ones times.
@stgoldst Agreed! Intimidation isn't useful. @BiosafetyNow is advocating for the public release of all relevant data, and encouraging open discourse on origins. Separately, we're working on common sense biosafety regulations to prevent more 'wild west' ePPP research. Other suggestions?
@TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow I’m not familiar with that organization. What has it done in terms of scientific research re onset of the pandemic?
@stgoldst @TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow What have you done in terms of the FORENSIC research re the onset of the pandemic?
@levine2001 @TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow Isn't DNA analysis a core element of forensics?
@stgoldst @levine2001 @TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow DNA can be misused in forensics. All we know is that the animals were present at some indeterminate time, assuming they didn’t screw up the analysis due to mtDNA homology. DNA in forensics is used to prove someone was somewhere they had no other reasonable explanation to be.
@stgoldst @NUMTyDumpty @TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow Regardless of what his name is, you would concur with his assessment of how DNA is used in forensic investigations and what it tells us (and doesn’t tell us) in this case about the animal market, yes?
@stgoldst @levine2001 @TylerAStepke @BiosafetyNow I can’t wait to see the raw reads.