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Forschung in Österreich - auch in Krisen tendenziell ein Randthema.

#Wissenschaftskommunikation hat das Potential, der breiteren Bevölkerung ein besseres Verständnis über den Wert von fundierten Erkenntnissen zu bieten. Und damit auch der Politik. Aber wie? #Wisskomm 1/n
In Krisen wie der Pandemie gibt es viele hinlänglich bekannte doch weithin ungelöste Fragen (z.B. Datenintegration, repräsentative Kohorten, Long COVID, Impfstoffentwicklung, Stimmungsbildung in der Bevölkerung, besseres Miteinander, Kommunikation). 2/n
Auf Forschungsförderungsseite gab es -von einigen Positivbeispielen abgesehen- relativ wenig neue Impulse. Im Gegenteil, man hört von eingestellten Schulstudien oder der Beendigung des wertvollen soziologischen Austria Corona Panel Projekts aufgrund auslaufender Finanzierung. 3/n
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Chatted with @schmidtwriting for his new @undarkmag article on the traps and dangers of advocating for an investigation into potential lab origins of covid-19. #laborigins #OriginsofCOVID
I think this piece by Charles @schmidtwriting was particularly well written because of how balanced it is. There were parts that I didn't like and had to grapple with. A lot has happened in the last year since I started looking into the evidence surrounding the #OriginsofCOVID
It comes at a time when the WHO-China team is expected to release their full report in the coming week(s). And @JamieMetzl and ~two dozen scientists (me too!) have posted a letter in the @WSJ pointing out major major flaws in the WHO-China not-an-investigation joint mission.
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