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> It was Jan. 31, 2020, and a leading infectious disease expert, Kristian Andersen, had been examining the genetic characteristics of the newly emerging SARS-Co
by bko 5y ago
> It was Jan. 31, 2020, and a leading infectious disease expert, Kristian Andersen, had been examining the genetic characteristics of the newly emerging SARS-CoV virus.
> “Some of the features (potentially) look engineered,” Andersen wrote in an email to Dr. Anthony Fauci, noting that he and other scientists “all find the genome inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory.”
> But, he added, “we have to look at this much more closely and there are still further analyses to be done, so those opinions could still change.”
> Change they did. Just four days later, Andersen gave feedback in advance of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine letter that was referenced in the prestigious Lancet medical journal to argue against the idea that the virus had been engineered and brand it a conspiracy theory.
> In his email, Andersen called the ideas that the virus was engineered “crackpot theories,” writing, “engineering can mean many things and could be done for basic research or nefarious reasons, but the data conclusively show that neither was done.”
It appeared that the expert gave an unbiased opinion, and 4 days later, not only did they retract the opinion but denounced it as a conspiracy theory.
Maybe he just had more time to review the information or maybe the elite told them that this theory is politically sensitive and should be dismissed.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fauci-s-emails-don-t-prove-wuhan-conspiracy-raise-further-n1269650 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fauci-s-emails-don-t-pr...
- awillen 5y agoHis unbiased opinion was clearly not that strong - he literally put the word "potentially" in parentheses in the first sentence you quoted. Then he specifically said that his opinions could change because the analyses weren't done. Then his opinion changed. If this is the best evidence you could come up with that elites are telling experts to change their opinions and experts are acquiescing, it doesn't make for a strong case.