For reference, the outrageous behaviour of Nature (and other) publications:
Letters seen by The Telegraph show that last April vaccine specialists contacted several journals over concerns that structural details in the virus which looked man-made were being ignored, as well as pointing out flaws in previously published papers which suggested a natural origin.
Despite finding no fault with the analysis, Nature Medicine declined to publish the work, telling the authors that there were many other "pressing issues of public health and clinical interest that take precedence".
The Journal of Virology and the biology preprint server BioRxiv also turned down the work, even though one eminent professor told The Telegraph in confidence: "The paper seems good to me and the conclusions, whilst startling, seem valid."
So a solid "You're correct, but this factually accurate research is politically inconvenient" from the scientific literature, then.
For reference, the outrageous behaviour of Nature (and other) publications:
So a solid "You're correct, but this factually accurate research is politically inconvenient" from the scientific literature, then.
Paging Comrade Lysenko, paging Comrade Lysenko...
There's a difference between facts and what's morally true.
Because they are disposable tools.