China puts a lot of work into covering up repression in Xinjiang, wheeling out party-approved imams and diplomats from Iran, Russia and other allies to declare that Islam is flourishing. Here’s some on the ground reporting from Xinjiang this week 1/ economist.com/china/2024/04/…

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social Atomsk's Sanakan Libertarian_Virologist Martin W Gigi Gronvall Yes, unlike many outspoken scientists who told us one thing in public and while having different views privately, and falsely claimed or implied lab involvement was scientifically disproven —even misleading a New York Times journalist— Alina has been impressively honest.

Too…

Not just 'changing your mind based on new data'
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Press release:
'we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes'

Proximal Origin:
'we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible'

Now:
we were 'never excluding the possibility of a 'lab leak' '

scripps.edu/news-and-event…

LAU-7b Long Covid clinical trial recruiting:

Montreal, Canada

ESSOR is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2/3 study of LAU-7b for Long COVID in non-hospitalized adults with moderate to severe Long COVID symptoms (n=270).

clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05999…

Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus—and help patients in need. Another great story by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Science Magazine highlighting the work of our team and our brilliant colleagues pursuing #LongCOVID treatments ex YonkerLab Putrino Lab Michael Peluso, MD…

Since Apple is now notifying even more victims of spyware, let me resurface this article about Apple's Lockdown Mode, an opt-in iOS/iPadOS/macOS feature to defend against such attacks. glitchcat.xyz/p/four-things-…

NPR journalist says network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think. “Reporting on a possible lab leak soon became radioactive…Again, politics were blotting out the curiosity and independence that ought to have been driving our work.” open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…

That so many people buy into this reflects:

(i) how we as a country are now so far removed from manufacturing that we understand so little of it (as demonstrated here and many similar replies), and

(ii) the difference between ideas and execution.

Any Kansas constituents out there willing to contact Dr. Roger Marshall’s office?

LETS GO: Chairman Bernie Sanders Releases Long COVID Moonshot Legislative Proposal » Senator Bernie Sanders #longcovid #lcmoonshot sanders.senate.gov/press-releases…

'It’s corny but it’s true: It’s not the events themselves that matter but who we are with to share the wonder of how the sun and the moon align to cast an enchanting shadow on our miraculous planet full of life,' writes zeynep tufekci. nyti.ms/3JbXTVV