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DRASTIC members have called for a "full and unrestricted investigation" into the origins of COVID-19, conducted independently of the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="cnet" /> |
DRASTIC members have called for a "full and unrestricted investigation" into the origins of COVID-19, conducted independently of the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="cnet" /> |
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A March 2021 article in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' examined the evidence posted by DRASTIC and concluded "a growing number of experts agreed when we put it to them that a lab leak remains a plausible scientific hypothesis to be investigated, regardless of how likely or unlikely."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ridley|first1=Matt|last2=Chan|first2=Alina|date=February 6, 2021|title=Did the Covid-19 virus really escape from a Wuhan lab?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/did-covid-19-virus-really-escape-wuhan-lab/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref name="wapo" /> [[CNET]] said,<blockquote>"A majority of scientists and experts agree that the coronavirus emerged after jumping from a wild animal to humans somewhere in or around Wuhan, where the first cases appeared in 2019. The pathogen is believed to have lived most of its life inside a bat, before acquiring genetic mutations, potentially through another species, and infecting humans. But an alternative theory posits that the pandemic began after SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, potentially the Wuhan Institute of Virology."<ref name="cnet" /></blockquote> |
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In June 2021, DRASTIC released a video appearing to show bats present inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which appeared to contradict a previous statement made by [[Peter Daszak]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=Wuhan lab video appearing to show bats in cages fuels pandemic speculation|url=https://www.newsweek.com/wuhan-lab-video-shows-bats-cages-speculation-covid19-pandemic-origins-1600748|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=From reliable sources noticeboard: "Unlike articles before 2013, post-2013 Newsweek articles are not generally reliable." date=June 2021|date=June 2021}} |
In June 2021, DRASTIC released a video appearing to show bats present inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which appeared to contradict a previous statement made by [[Peter Daszak]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=Wuhan lab video appearing to show bats in cages fuels pandemic speculation|url=https://www.newsweek.com/wuhan-lab-video-shows-bats-cages-speculation-covid19-pandemic-origins-1600748|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=From reliable sources noticeboard: "Unlike articles before 2013, post-2013 Newsweek articles are not generally reliable." date=June 2021|date=June 2021}} |
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Revision as of 03:01, 23 June 2021
DRASTIC (Decentralized Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19) is an organization of amateur researchers investigating the origins of COVID-19, in particular the lab leak idea.[1][2][3][4][5] According to DRASTIC, they have 30 core members, whose activity is primarily organized through the social media website Twitter.[1][6][7]. They formed near the beginning of 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of DRASTIC's members use pseudonys.[1][6]
Statements
DRASTIC members have called for a "full and unrestricted investigation" into the origins of COVID-19, conducted independently of the World Health Organization.[1]
In June 2021, DRASTIC released a video appearing to show bats present inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which appeared to contradict a previous statement made by Peter Daszak.[8][better source needed]
Disputes
Their pseudonymity and their style of engagement with scientists on Twitter has drawn criticism.[1] Members have engaged in "ugly incidents" on Twitter involving personal attacks against virologists and epidemiologists, falsely accusing some of working for the Communist Party of China.[1] In April 2021, CNET said that "the abrasive attacks have, at times, overshadowed the team's work."[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Ryan, Jackson. "How the coronavirus origin story is being rewritten by a guerrilla Twitter group". CNET.
- ^ Kannan, Ramya (June 6, 2021). "Online group digs deeper into coronavirus leak theory" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Washington Post Editorial Board (February 5, 2021). "We're still missing the origin story of this pandemic. China is sitting on the answers". The Washington Post.
- ^ "World 'not impressed' by the WHO's COVID-19 origins report". Sky News Australia.
- ^ Jacobsen, Rowan (2021-06-02). "Exclusive: How amateur sleuths broke the Wuhan Lab story and embarrassed the media". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Aublanc, Manon. "Qu'est-ce que DRASTIC, le collectif qui enquête sur l'origine du virus ?". www.20minutes.fr.
- ^ Eban, Katherine. "The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "Wuhan lab video appearing to show bats in cages fuels pandemic speculation". Newsweek. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
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