thanks for this great perspective and your diligent research into the topic!
so important that non-scientists understand the risks involved in this research, the cover up of this accident, and that we really need to regulate this insanely risky research.
i well remember being at the receiving end of all the insults and heavily constructed, illogical counterarguments coming from virologists like andersen. they didn't like our preprint...
felt so weird to read that he also looked at the FCS and restriction site pattern and concluded a lab accident to be highly likely, just like us, but then published the opposit.
feedback would be appreciated. I also attempted to write up the recent news in a substack, which is however less elegantly written and in German. In case you are interested (readable e.g. with Firefox translation plugin), this is the link: https://vbruttel.substack.com/p/es-war-ein-laborunfall-wie-geheimdiensterkenntni
I finally finished watching the video of your talk today! You had a very even-keeled demeaner, which I appreciated. I was both most interested in and least able to evaluate the molecular information, given my very limited technical know-how. As an American with our free speech protections, I was aghast when you discussed how Prof. Wiesendanger was sued -- madness.
CBC . . . 14 July 2018 . . . Dr. Xiangguo Qiu, her husband and students escorted out of Canadian Level 4 lab . . . removal of unauthorized material from Winnipeg to China . . . group involved in setting up the Level 4 lab in Wuhan . . .
This was a wonderful read, thanks!
thanks for this great perspective and your diligent research into the topic!
so important that non-scientists understand the risks involved in this research, the cover up of this accident, and that we really need to regulate this insanely risky research.
i well remember being at the receiving end of all the insults and heavily constructed, illogical counterarguments coming from virologists like andersen. they didn't like our preprint...
felt so weird to read that he also looked at the FCS and restriction site pattern and concluded a lab accident to be highly likely, just like us, but then published the opposit.
just in case you want to look further into the molecular origin evidence, this is the talk i gave on the matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuuY94tsbls
Thank you for your kind words! I will absolutely watch your talk, thanks so much for sharing it here.
feedback would be appreciated. I also attempted to write up the recent news in a substack, which is however less elegantly written and in German. In case you are interested (readable e.g. with Firefox translation plugin), this is the link: https://vbruttel.substack.com/p/es-war-ein-laborunfall-wie-geheimdiensterkenntni
Hi Valentin,
I finally finished watching the video of your talk today! You had a very even-keeled demeaner, which I appreciated. I was both most interested in and least able to evaluate the molecular information, given my very limited technical know-how. As an American with our free speech protections, I was aghast when you discussed how Prof. Wiesendanger was sued -- madness.
Thanks again for sharing,
Megan
CBC . . . 14 July 2018 . . . Dr. Xiangguo Qiu, her husband and students escorted out of Canadian Level 4 lab . . . removal of unauthorized material from Winnipeg to China . . . group involved in setting up the Level 4 lab in Wuhan . . .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chinese-researcher-escorted-from-infectious-disease-lab-amid-rcmp-investigation-1.5211567