It's technically not necessary, but it's also not necessary that the authors give away their samples while they're still running tests (apparently they never ev

It's technically not necessary, but it's also not necessary that the authors give away their samples while they're still running tests (apparently they never even wanted to go public at this stage). The claims will be checked against very high standards, and we will know eventually. But we'll need a bit of patience, the authors haven't even submitted a paper to peer review yet. Science doesn't generally doesn't progress at the instant-gratification speed of social media.