Virologist At Center Of Pandemic Speaks Out Says Speculation About Her Lab Is Baseless

[Pattaya Spotter]

To a growing chorus of American politicians and scientists, she is the key to whether the world will ever learn if the virus behind the devastating Covid-19 pandemic escaped from a Chinese lab. To the Chinese government and public, she is a hero of the country’s success in curbing the epidemic and a victim of malicious conspiracy theories. Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist, is once again at the center of clashing narratives about her research on coronaviruses at a state lab in Wuhan, the city where the pandemic first emerged.

 

The idea that the virus may have escaped from a lab had long been widely dismissed by scientists as implausible and shunned by others for its connection with former President Donald J. Trump. [Emphasis added] But fresh scrutiny from the Biden administration [so it's okay] and calls for greater candor from prominent scientists have brought the theory back to the fore.

 

A good summary of the issues surrounding Dr. Shi and the WIV...it's just too bad the august NYT couldn't bring itself to run this story a year ago but there was an election in progress and a president that needed smearing.

 

https://nyti.ms/35jonRp

Edited June 15, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter

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"A good summary of the issues surrounding Dr. Shi and the WIV...it's just too bad the august NYT couldn't bring itself to run this story a year ago but there was an election in progress and a president that needed smearing."

 

You should acquaint yourself with the story of The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf.

[CRUNCHER]

She is obviously a top notch scientist, but accidents do happen - in all walks of life.

 

I understand it is difficult to prove a negative, but where there is reasonable suspicion, a detailed and thorough investigation should be done.  All the more so considering the serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2. Politics should be kept out of it (difficult); this is a matter for scientists. 

[tgw]

recently, some scientists have been making a pretty good case for covid being a lab creation.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-suggests-a-wuhan-lab-leak-11622995184

Edited June 16, 2021 by tgw