Control issues
GISAID offers a safe space to post viral genomes. Peter Bogner, its perplexing creator and overseer, may be jeopardizing its future
https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database #gisaid #PeterBogner #identity
The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database

GISAID offers a safe space to post viral genomes. Peter Bogner, its perplexing creator and overseer, may be jeopardizing its future

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

#PeterBogner, the shadowy figure sponsoring the #GISAID database that stores #Influenza and #SarsCoV2 genomes, made up a guy named #StevenMeyers, perhaps his own birth dates, and hid a felony conviction.

HT Caitlin Rivers https://substack.com/profile/99891602-caitlin-rivers

https://www.science.org/content/article/invented-persona-behind-key-pandemic-database

Caitlin Rivers | Substack

Infectious disease epidemiologist