Topic: Nature Medicine

2 chapters across the catalog

Lousy Hummus
Episode 1353 48:35 - 51:00

1353: Lousy Hummus

Bat Virus Research, Nature Medicine 2015

A 2015 article in Nature Medicine detailed the creation of a chimeric bat coronavirus designed to infect human airway cells. This research, conducted years before the pandemic, involved scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and sparked debate over the risks of engineering lab variants. The hosts note that mainstream media ignored these links while platforms like Zero Hedge were censored for discussing them.

Mask Up!
Episode 1245 1:42:08 - 1:48:39

1245: Mask Up!

Nature Medicine "Proximal Origin" Letter Debunking

A widely cited "research paper" in Nature Medicine claiming to debunk the lab-leak theory is revealed to be a "Letter to the Editor" rather than a peer-reviewed study. The authors, including Christian Andersen, used speculative language like "most likely" which the mainstream media then reported as definitive scientific proof. This correspondence served as the primary nexus for the global media's dismissal of the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis.