Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute.
  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
    22·
    4 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    The latest analysis, which has not been peer reviewed, includes data from the whole genomes of 56 new betacoronaviruses, the broad group to which SARS-CoV-2 belongs, as well as some partial sequences.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·
      3 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·
        3 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
          11·
          3 days ago

          Part of the point of the peer review process is to check for that.

          LMFAO. It’s authoritarian China.

            • chillinit@lemmynsfw.com
              12·
              2 days ago

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

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