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NIH officials involved in writing a paper in 2020 about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 actively suppressed consideration of a lab leak hypothesis and exaggerated the
by nradov 1y ago
NIH officials involved in writing a paper in 2020 about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 actively suppressed consideration of a lab leak hypothesis and exaggerated the evidence for a natural origin. Some of their communications have been released and others involved have testified to that under oath.
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/19/covid-origin-nih-emails/ https://theintercept.com/2023/01/19/covid-origin-nih-emails/
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/08/trumps-cdc-director-says-fauci-shut-down-debate-on-covids-origin-00086112 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/08/trumps-cdc-director...
- SpicyLemonZest 1y agoBut your second link contradicts this story entirely! It's about a claim from the CDC director that other officials in other agencies froze him out because he wanted to consider the lab leak hypothesis.
- nradov 1y agoSorry I should have been more clear. From a US federal government perspective, the fault for the sloppy science in the 2020 paper lies with the NIH and not the CDC. Will edit my comment above. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9