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Comment on Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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The latest analysis, which has not been peer reviewed, includes data from the whole genomes of 56 new betacoronaviruses, the broad group to which SARS-CoV-2 belongs, as well as some partial sequences.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.

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- chillinit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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  - nednobbins@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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    chillinit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Part of the point of the peer review process is to check for that.
    
    LMFAO. It’s authoritarian China.
    
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