A call for an independent inquiry into the origin of theSARS-CoV-2 virus
Neil L. Harrison and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Since the identification of theSARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 (1), the origin of the virus has been a topic of intense scientific debate
and public speculation. The two main hypotheses are that the virus emerged
from human exposure to an infected animal [“zoonosis” (2)] or that it emerged in a research-related incident (3). The investigation into the
originof the virus has been made difficult by the lack of key evidence from the earliest days of the outbreak—there’s no doubt that greater transparency on the part of Chinese authorities would be enormously
helpful. Nevertheless, we argue here that there is much important
information that can be gleaned from US-based research institutions, information not yet made available for independent, transparent, and scientific scrutiny.
The data available within the United States would explicitly include, but
are not limited to, viral sequences gathered and held as part of the
PREDICT project and other funded programs, as well as sequencing data and laboratory notebooks from US laboratories. We call on US government
scientific agencies, most notably the NIH, to support a full, independent,
and transparent investigation of the origins of SARS-CoV-2. This should
take place, for example, within a tightly focused science-based bipartisan Congressional inquiry with full investigative powers, which would be able
to ask important questions—but avoid misguided witch-hunts governed more
by politics than by science.
…
This lack of an independent and transparent US-based scientific
investigation has had four highly adverse consequences. First, public
trust in the ability of US scientific institutions to govern the activities
of US science in a responsible manner has been shaken. Second, the investigation of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 has become politicized within
the US Congress (5); as a result, the inception of an independent and transparent investigation has been obstructed and delayed. Third, US researchers with deep knowledge of the possibilities of a laboratory- associated incident have not been enabled to share their expertise
effectively. Fourth, the failure of NIH, one of the main funders of the US–China collaborative work, to facilitate the investigation into the
origins of SARS-CoV-2 (4) has fostered distrust regarding US biodefense research activities.
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Participating US institutions include the EHA, the University of North
Carolina (UNC), the University of California at Davis (UCD), the NIH, and
the USAID. Under a series of NIH grants and USAID contracts, EHA
coordinated the collection of SARS-like bat CoVs from the field in
southwest China and southeast Asia, the sequencing of these viruses,
the archiving of these sequences (involving UCD), and the analysis and manipulation of these viruses (notably at UNC). A broad spectrum of
coronavirus research work was done not only in Wuhan (including groups at
Wuhan University and the Wuhan CDC, as well as WIV) but also in the
United States. The exact details of the fieldwork and laboratory work of
the EHA-WIV-UNC partnership, and the еngagement of other institutions in
the United States and China, has not been disclosed for independent
analysis. The precise nature of the experiments that were conducted,
including the full array of viruses collected from the field and the subsequent sequencing and manipulation of those viruses, remains unknown.
останалото може да се прочете там:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2202769119
не ме интересува дали двамата автори са педофили, педераси, тръмписти или
путинисти под прикритие, също така не ме интересува дали списанието е
трето-, пето- или n-то класно. наукометричните показатели също не ме
интересуват.
интересува ме само написаното в статията, защото опитите на някои идиоти
да изкарат други идиоти, прикривали данни и изкривявали научни изводи,
бели и пуфкави като ангелчета, взеха да стават досадни.
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