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RE: Did you see this petition?

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Date
2023-07-20 09:01
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David Spiro
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Christine Sizemore

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Hi, I don't agree with the petition. I think it is an important first analysis of the data available at the time and is part of a series of investigations by the authors and collaborators attempting to find the origin through genomic and epi analysis. The problem came with how the Dems and NIH leadership used it as a weapon to silence scientific debate. It is also an important historical record at this point.

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  1. 2023-07-20 08:29 Christine Sizemore open
    Petition to withdraw the Proximal Origins paper... What do you think? I am a bit torn here.... On one hand, if this were a paper that summarizes the state of knowledge about SARS-CoV2 as of Feb 2020 and speculates what the origins may be, and then it turns out, as is part of science, that there is more to it, I would not have a problem with the paper. But now that is has been shown that it was not a full Fogarty Intemational Center Advancing Science for Global Health NIH] accounting of how the authors felt about potential origins, but clearly drove a specific narrative, I am not sure what to think any more. I know that scientific publications will never be able to present all possible scenarios and of course show the conclusions of the authors (and not also list other conclusions by other scientists)... so in that sense, the paper is not any different there. https://mailchi.mp/biosafetynow/retract-proximal-origins?e=4bbd46214d Christine Christine F. Sizemore, Ph.D. Director, Division of International Relations Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health, USA 31 Center Drive, B2C11 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. --- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. > \ID DEA DART <li NIH/NIAID) [E]" HA grant To: "Ford, Andrew (NIH/NIAID) [E]" < @nih.gov> Cc: "Erbelding, Emily (NIH/NIAID) [E]" < @nih.gov>, "Lyon, Rickie (NIH/NIAID) [C]" < @niaid.nih.gov>, "Post, Diane (NIH/NIAID) [E]" < @niaid.nih.gov>, "Ison, Michael (NIH/NIAID) [E]" < @nih.gov> Subject: RE: Please advise by COB today 3/21: Additional questions related to SRG review of EHA grant Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:44:34 -0400 Importance: Normal Attachments: Summary_Statements_Media_Statement_es.docx Hi Andrew, See attached. Let me know if there are any other questions. Thanks! Erik
  2. 2023-07-20 09:01 David Spiro open
    Hi, I don't agree with the petition. I think it is an important first analysis of the data available at the time and is part of a series of investigations by the authors and collaborators attempting to find the origin through genomic and epi analysis. NIH] Fogarty Intemational Center Advancing Scrence for Global Health It is also an The problem came with how the Dems and NIH leadership used it as a weapon to silence scientific debate. It is also an important historical record at this point.
  3. 2023-07-20 09:01 David Spiro open
    Hi, I don't agree with the petition. I think it is an important first analysis of the data available at the time and is part of a series of investigations by the authors and collaborators attempting to find the origin through genomic and epi analysis. The problem came with how the Dems and NIH leadership used it as a weapon to silence scientific debate. It is also an important historical record at this point.
  4. 2023-07-20 09:01 David Spiro open
    Hi, I don't agree with the petition. I think it is an important first analysis of the data available at the time and is part of a series of investigations by the authors and collaborators attempting to find the origin through genomic and epi analysis. NIH] Fogarty Intemational Center Advancing Scrence for Global Health It is also an The problem came with how the Dems and NIH leadership used it as a weapon to silence scientific debate. It is also an important historical record at this point.
  5. 2023-07-20 09:01 David Spiro
    Hi, I don't agree with the petition. I think it is an important first analysis of the data available at the time and is part of a series of investigations by the authors and collaborators attempting to find the origin through genomic and epi analysis. The problem came with how the Dems and NIH leadership used it as a weapon to silence scientific debate. It is also an important historical record at this point.
  6. 2023-07-20 09:20 Christine Sizemore open
    Have you read that report from the committee that I sent recently? I would have agreed with you until I saw the actual emails and Slack channel conversations... I am still siding with you that it should not be retracted, also because that sets precedence. But what went on behind the scenes is pretty bad.
  7. 2023-07-20 09:20 Christine Sizemore open
    Have you read that report from the committee that I sent recently? I would have agreed with you until I saw the actual emails and Slack channel conversations... I am still siding with you that it should not be retracted, also because that sets precedence. But what went on behind the scenes is pretty bad.
  8. 2023-07-20 09:20 Christine Sizemore open
    Have you read that report from the committee that I sent recently? I would have agreed with you until I saw the actual emails and Slack channel conversations... I am still siding with you that it should not be retracted, also because that sets precedence. But what went on behind the scenes is pretty bad.
  9. 2023-07-20 09:20 Christine Sizemore open
    Have you read that report from the committee that I sent recently? I would have agreed with you until I saw the actual emails and Slack channel conversations... I am still siding with you that it should not be retracted, also because that sets precedence. But what went on behind the scenes is pretty bad.

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