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Thanks for writing this excellent article. Who could have guessed a game like mahjong would be helpful in dissecting the "origins" debate!

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Thanks for summarizing the most important parts of the lengthy report by Gilles Demaneuf.

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Great stuff. Just one comment re the media: deserving of mention is the important work done by The Australian newspaper, and in particular their star investigative journalist Sharri Markson, leading to her book What Really Happened in Wuhan - and still ongoing.

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Yes, there are many journalists who deserve mention, and Sharri is certainly one of them. The U.S. media has been pretty much the worst in its coverage of Covid origins, things have been better in the UK, France, Australia, and elsewhere. I plan a special post on the media at some point and will talk about the good and the bad.

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You say Michael that, other than yourself and Matt Ridley, you are not aware of any other reporter or publication who/that has focused closely on these counter arguments or tried to take them seriously as part of the scientific process. I have myself reported at length about the flaws in the Worobey and Pekar studies, e.g. https://changingtimes.media/2022/10/12/investigators-challenge-claims-that-covid-19-began-in-the-huanan-seafood-market/ . (I have been writing about the work of DRASTIC since the start.)

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