Alina Chan(@Ayjchan) 's Twitter Profileg
Alina Chan

@Ayjchan

Scientific Advisor at Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard 🧬 Co-author of VIRAL: the search for the origin of Covid-19 πŸ“– A dangerous young investigator πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™€

ID:431762931

calendar_today08-12-2011 17:20:27

22,2K Tweets

72,1K Followers

563 Following

Follow People
Dake Kang(@dakekang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
apnews.com/article/china-…

account_circle
Alina Chan(@Ayjchan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

β€œThere were no real reforms, because doing reforms means admitting fault,” said a public health expert in contact with Chinese health officials.
apnews.com/article/china-…

account_circle
zeynep tufekci(@zeynep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sobering reporting what Chinese scientists and dissident face: their children taken away if they say things authorities dislike.

This is why it’s understandable that they may parrot the official line on anything sensitive β€” and their personal communications are monitored.

account_circle