August 20, 2023 11:00am by David Farrar

What they published vs what they really thought

For years, we’ve been saying there was no possible way the conclusions of the #COVID19 Proximal Origin authors could be supported by the available evidence. Now we have powerful allies making our same arguments — the private communications of those authors themselves. (Graphic… pic.twitter.com/pZlpZE3G1d
— Jamie Metzl (@JamieMetzl) July 22, 2023

This is a very powerful graphic. It shows that the authors of the highly cited article that dismissed the lab leak scenario actually thought it was highly plausible.

This isn’t a case of we thought one thing at the time and changed our minds later as more evidence emerged. They published an article that directly contradicted their own internal messages.

This is why we must be wary of people who say “trust the science” because that relies on trusting all scientists to be honest. These ones were not.

Nate Silver has an excellent piece on how this should be a major scandal, widely covered by media. Sadly it has not been.