Hume Field

@EcoHealthNYC Science & Policy Advisor for China & SE Asia. @VetUq Adjunct Professor. Veterinarian | Epidemiologist | Bat catcher | Little Bella Nature Refuge.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

These two SARS papers may inform investigations of the origins of #2019nCoV. The first describes our epi analysis of index cases, indicating markets as th source of human infection.. https://t.co/H8B1JvMeav 1/3

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Just when you thought they couldn't go any lower.. disgusting!

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

Another disgusting tweet from that person "orntwo", RT'd by "Rebecca21951651". Please join me in reporting. It's not satire to make comments about underage people in this way.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Not...

[Jennifer Barr @BarrJenn]

Everything is fine

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Cancer happens to special people every day.  It just happens.  It's a word, not a sentence, but it's a devastating word nonetheless.  Especially if you're young and strong, with a beautiful life partner and three beautiful children.  
https://t.co/THl2fxknvl

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

New preprint from @EcoHealthNYC's work in Côte d'Ivoire as part of @USAID PREDICT. CoVs similar to those from Kenyan bats found in Chaereophon, Mops, Epomops bats, potential risk of exposure in farming, hunting, trapping communities. https://t.co/5nwvcUgpsi

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

Just spotted this horrible reminder in my Twitter feed - there's nothing new about the COVID-19 origins lab leak conspiracy - they said it about HIV, SARS, MPox and they'll say it about the next one. Time to wake up folks!

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Wish I had one of those!!

[Shayne Calliss @SCalliss]

Had a branch come down last week over our walking track.
I'll just put it through our leaf mulcher

[Hume Field @HumeField]

It's not hard people. Even Wiki has it right..
https://t.co/Lq3h2DAhSV

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Seems pretty unhinged to me..

[Benjamin T. Jones @DrBenjaminJones]

This is unhinged.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Is it really true? Need to check. Negative/divisive/hateful politicions who seek to promote themselves along such lines surely and thankfully have no place in a forward looking Australia.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Looks like yet another story for the sake of the ratings, and damn the truth and the moral journalistic obligation to inform (rather than mis-inform) people.
My genuine concern is that there's no stepping back from this self serving media model.
Is it really the new norm?

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

@wanderer_jasnah @RetractionWatch That’s ruddy ridiculous. I thought @RetractionWatch was all about scientific papers & that they checked their references! Please read our statement refuting these demonstrably false allegations. https://t.co/7WKaMbtdOf

[Hume Field @HumeField]

@world_epidemic Sad but true Leo!

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Yep, can't complain abt a polite passive presence that's for sure.
Long as he doesn't stand on/eat your gear!!

[Jennie_PHCC @JenniePhcc]

Sometimes you get curious bystanders when you’re doing field work, yesterday was no exception with Wallace coming to check out what we were doing 😊 He wasn’t much help but he didn’t ask too many questions 🤣

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Seems a long time ago and yet no time at all Leo @world_epidemic. Regrettably, in terms of disease emergence, we have failed to learn the lessons from that time.

[Leo Poon @world_epidemic]

The same date 20 yrs ago, I had an extremely lousy radiograph in a lab which did not do radioactive PAGE for ages, with half broken gel tanks etc. But this led to the discovery of #SARS-CoV RNA.

What I want to say is: never give up hopes even your results look terrible.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Science is a reductionist discipline. Not all scientists are equally knowledgeable on the vast spectrum of science.
Pls critically weigh informed/expert opinion/perspective accordingly.

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

Here is the text of my letter, which points out 2 key errors in @vdmerwex's commentary re. the definition of GoF & his accusation that expts in China involved SARS-CoV-2 related viruses. Scientists should check their facts, and avoid a rush to judgement! https://t.co/x6fPRlDjL9

[Hume Field @HumeField]

Yep 'Master' suggests you're the font of all wisdom. Yoda!
'Doctor of Philosophy' sounds like you're a bit of a dreamer. Yoda also.
Regardless, we need to continue to counter the current agenda-driven anti-science push by some seeking to disregard the importance of knowledge.

[Kevin Folta @kevinfolta]

When you really think of it, doesn't "Master of Science" sound way cooler than "Doctor of Philosophy"? #AcademicTwitter

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

The paper provides evidence that wildlife were shedding virus - highest # of SARS-CoV-2 reads in stalls w/ wildlife. Some stalls w/ no human DNA reads. Full details are in the paper, supplementary material. Fig 3 gives a flavor..

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Exasperated with mainstream coverage of Covid origins. It’s clear our flagship newspapers learned nothing from the false equivalencies around phony vaccine-autism links 20 years and the damage that caused. Despite zero evidence they’re doing the same with GOF or lab leak nonsense

[Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl @MarionKoopmans]

Genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, Wuhan: Analysis and interpretation of data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control | Zenodo https://t.co/V4036ySXG2

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

Those who have concluded that zoonotic origin at Huanan market is most likely did so by weighing the mounting evidence, taking a scientific approach.

Those who promote the lab leak hypothesis despite no evidence have taken a political approach from the start.

[Hume Field @HumeField]

@ProfPaulYoung Congrats on your belief, commitment and persistence Paul and all @younglab