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A comment on The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function Debate (2015). Parent comment

Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by sradman on Sunday August 09, 2020 @03:28PM (#24102157)
Relevant July 24th Science Mag interview of Shi Zhengli:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/trump-owes-us-apolog...

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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by drocer88 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:00PM (#24104011)
"Shi’s answers were coordinated with public information staffers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, of which WIV is part, and it took her 2 months to prepare them. Evolutionary biologist Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research says he suspects Shi’s answers were “carefully vetted” by the Chinese government."
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Re:The Reemergent 1977 H1N1 Strain and the Gain-of-Function ... by sradman on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:17AM (#24107535)
Regardless of the optics, the key outstanding questions I had were asked and answered in the full PDF document [1]. Opinion and geopolitics are not substitutes for evidence and rational thought.

[1] https://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/Shi%20Zhengli...

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