[Pelham]

Here’s the link to the bioRxiv webpage:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.04.535604v1

Scroll down to the bottom right and you’ll see “Supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative”

CZI isn’t listed on the bioRxiv advisory board so it may just be financial, for what that’s worth. But it is there. Here’s the advisory board:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/about-biorxiv

The fact that this is a non-peer reviewed preprint paper is more significant. The paper is only two days old. No one has had a chance to examine the authors’ work or a chance to attempt to replicate their findings.

The paper itself carries this warning in a bright yellow header:

“bioRxiv posts many COVID19-related papers. A reminder: they have not been formally peer-reviewed and should not guide health-related behavior or be reported in the press as conclusive.”

and of course it’s being treated as conclusive here as confirmation bias claims routinely are.

[FreeReign]

The fact that this is a non-peer reviewed preprint paper is more significant. The paper is only two days old. No one has had a chance to examine the authors’ work or a chance to attempt to replicate their findings.

I agree with that.

Not sure how much the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has effected the good reputation of CSH Lab. I would hope that it hasn't.