people mistakenly believe that the hypothesis of "lab leak" is more likely, but in reality He believes that the origin of animals ...
people mistakenly believe that the hypothesis of "lab leak" is more likely, but in reality He believes that the origin of animals is more likely.
"I may be naive," said a scientist who co-signed an open letter requesting to investigate the hypothesis of a new coronavirus "laboratory leak". She regretted signing the letter, but did not expect it to be used to promote conspiracy theories.
In May of this year, "Science" published an open letter signed by 18 people, claiming that the China-WHO joint research report on the traceability of the new coronavirus did not balance the two theories of natural origin and "laboratory leakage", calling for serious consideration of "laboratory leakage". "hypothesis.
This letter made conspiracy theorists ecstatic, believing that their clamoring fallacies were supported by the scientific community. Seeing such unexpected consequences, Pamela Bjorkman found herself too "naive."
Bjorkman is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology and one of the signatories of the open letter. He has long been engaged in research on how the immune system reacts to virus invasions. After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, he will focus on research related to the new crown virus.
So she wrote a short letter to the self-media podcast "Virus of the Week" to clarify her original intentions. She said that she participated in co-signing the "Science" open letter because she originally thought that the letter would help raise more funds to find viruses in animal reservoirs.
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