Proximal Origin and Red Herrings“A Red Herring fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance…Jul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023
The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2: a timelineThe most influential paper written to date on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2” by Andersen et al. 2020, with…Apr 12, 2022Apr 12, 2022
Pangolin coronavirusesIn a recent preprint my coauthors and I undertake analysis of 89 pangolin metagenomic datasets, document extensive contamination and…Mar 2, 20221Mar 2, 20221
Risky MERSr-CoV research in WuhanIn a recent on BioRxiv several colleagues and I were able to identify the complete genome for a novel Betacoronavirus from contaminating…Nov 5, 2021Nov 5, 2021