Some "conspiracists" always get it right!
Conspiracist, January 2020: " #RaTG13 virus looks like BtCoV/4991 described in an old paper that you didn't cite!"![Seite mit der Schriftseite oben 📄](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4c4.png)
Average scientist, January 2020:![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, July 2020: "Yes, it was the same virus."
#SARSCoV2 #SARS2origins
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Conspiracist, January 2020: " #RaTG13 virus looks like BtCoV/4991 described in an old paper that you didn't cite!"
![Seite mit der Schriftseite oben 📄](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4c4.png)
Average scientist, January 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, July 2020: "Yes, it was the same virus."
#SARSCoV2 #SARS2origins
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Conspiracist, May 2020: "Look, these sequences in database are dated 2017/2018. So you didn't sequence RaTG13 this year, as you wrote in the paper!" ![Mikroskop 🔬](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f52c.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:
Shi Zhengli, July 2020: "Yes, actually we got the sequence in 2018."
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![Mikroskop 🔬](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f52c.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, July 2020: "Yes, actually we got the sequence in 2018."
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Conspiracist, May 2020: "Have a look at these Chinese theses we found on the internet: RaTG13 was found in a #mineshaft were people died of #pneumonia!" ![Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht 😱](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f631.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, June 2020: "Oh yes we found it there, but.. well, the cause was a fungus"
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![Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht 😱](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f631.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, June 2020: "Oh yes we found it there, but.. well, the cause was a fungus"
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Conspiracist, June 2020: "A fungus? But the theses say the cause was an unknown #virus!" ![Offenes Buch 📖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4d6.png)
Scientist, June 2020:![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, November 2020: "Well, you're right, actually we thought it was a virus."
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![Offenes Buch 📖](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4d6.png)
Scientist, June 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, November 2020: "Well, you're right, actually we thought it was a virus."
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Conspiracist, May 2020: "What if there were other #SARS-like viruses in that mine, besides RaTG13?" ![Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol ❓](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/2753.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, November 2020: "Ha yes, there were other 8 SARS-like viruses there, but we only published one of them"
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![Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol ❓](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/2753.png)
Average scientist, May 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Shi Zhengli, November 2020: "Ha yes, there were other 8 SARS-like viruses there, but we only published one of them"
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Conspiracist, July 2020: "Hey but this #pangolin paper is cheating with data!" ![Balkendiagramm 📊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4ca.png)
Average scientist, July 2020:![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Nature editors, November 2020: "This is a serious matter. Let's investigate this paper."
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![Balkendiagramm 📊](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4ca.png)
Average scientist, July 2020:
![Schlafendes Gesicht 😴](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f634.png)
Nature editors, November 2020: "This is a serious matter. Let's investigate this paper."
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Dear scientists, please stop labelling as #conspiracists those people who are simply doing the job that you're supposed to do.
We all have a civic duty to promote #transparency and fight scientific misconduct. Don't stay silent! Speak up against bad science.
We all have a civic duty to promote #transparency and fight scientific misconduct. Don't stay silent! Speak up against bad science.