The scientific counterattack began to erupt

◎ Zhang Mengran

For real scientists, personal repression may be tolerated, but sitting and watching science and reason be humiliated, this anger will eventually erupt.

In her new book "Virus Detective: Tracing the Origin of the Epidemic", Danish epidemiologist Thea Fisher, a member of the WHO International Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a Member of the WHO International Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin of Novel Pathogens and a Danish Epidemiologist who participated in the WHO Joint Research on the Origin of the Novel Pathogens, including her personal testimony to China's arduous anti-epidemic efforts, the results of the investigation that are objectively difficult but ultimately satisfactory, and how she was caught up in the political game. I saw the ability of the US media to reverse black and white.

What drew attention in the book was her experience of being interviewed by American media outlets such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, but was distorted — or rather, a scandal that involved science in political games.

This isn't the first time science has had this encounter. Earlier this year, after the WHO expert group concluded its research on the origin of the new crown virus in China, the expert group praised the transparency shown by the Chinese side. However, the New York Times and other Western media have taken this opportunity to hype up false reports such as "China obstructs the investigation" and "China refuses to share data", which has attracted many WHO experts to refute rumors and angrily rebuke them, among which Peter Dasak, a member of the expert group, is even more "positive", tweeting on February 13: "Taken out of context, the New York Times is really shameless!" ”

The intimidated "New York Times" published an interview with Dasak on the 14th. This time, they finally followed the "authenticity of the news" and published the full text of the Q&A quite honestly. In this interview, Dasak revealed some information that had never been made public before, such as the Rapid and Professional Action of the Chinese Side in the early stage of the epidemic, and had already carried out extensive and in-depth investigation and research.

Today, more and more WHO experts are no longer silent.

Fisher's exposure of the CONSPIRACY OF "political traceability" in the United States has resonated with the scientific community - when the distortion of facts by people with ulterior motives is incomparable, the rational rebound and outbreak will inevitably overwhelm the sea.

The nature of materialism, so that it is not transferred by time, country, race, or system, is the most effective basis for distinguishing between truth and falsehood and judging facts in any era. China is an ancient civilization, and one of the core values of these four words is reflected in the fact that after thousands of years of exploration, trial and error, the entire nation has reached a consensus on respecting and adhering to the concept of common sense. Thus, today, in the face of the political smear of guilty inferences, we are resolutely fighting back, but our hearts are not happy— common sense has long taught us that even if a lie is repeated a thousand times, it will not become a fact. The momentum of speech is often to cover up the inner strength of the middle.

Science, to some extent, is the most normative induction and summary of human common sense. To be able to participate in this great cause, you must have the good qualities of honesty and truth-seeking, and you must be proud of it.

But in the two-year chaos, some scientists who should have been the vanguard of the fight against the epidemic and admired by the public have been trapped in the irrational frenzy of political struggle, becoming scapegoats for vested interests and dereliction of duty to get rid of their guilt. Mastering the law but not being able to speak, telling common sense has been attacked.

This is not the first or second time that Western scientists have publicly stated the truth of the matter, whether it is Dasak or Fisher, but now the consensus they have generated in the scientific community is reassuring.

This scientific counterattack has only just begun.

Source: Science and Technology Daily

Editor: Zhang Shuang

Review: Yue Liang

Final Judge: Liu Haiying