Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute.
  • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    11 days ago

    So every other instance of “we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing” is to be called into question, but we just gonna accept this because?

    • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
      20·
      11 days ago

      The latest analysis, which has not been peer reviewed, includes data from the whole genomes of 56 new betacoronaviruses, the broad group to which SARS-CoV-2 belongs, as well as some partial sequences. All the viruses were collected between 2004 and 2021.

      Still a developing story, so it’s not conclusion i guess.

      • chillinit@lemmynsfw.com
        10·
        11 days ago

        Even if it was peer reviewed there’s no means to ensure the input is meritable. The sample set was determined by governance. The implied conclusions were predetermined.

        • nednobbins@lemm.ee
          3·
          10 days ago

          Part of the point of the peer review process is to check for that. This kind of satay would be very hard to fake well enough to pass the scrutiny of a bunch of skeptical scientists. And if it passes that any scientist will be able to do the same. Being able to force an other scientist to retract a Nature paper would be a high prize for any academic.

              • chillinit@lemmynsfw.com
                1·
                10 days ago

                It’s China, who’s authoritarian governance controls the dataset.

                The fucking paper even says so itself in the abstract, lmao.