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James Lyons-Weiler (born July 4, 1967) is an American scientist and activist who operates the non-profit organization Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge. His doctorate is in ecology, evolution and conservation biology. He was a University of Pittsburgh faculty member (2003-2009) and a member of the Early Detection Research Network through the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

History

Lyons-Weiler worked as an assistant professor and co-director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 2000-2002. He then served as faculty at the University of Pittsburgh from 2003-2009.

Controversies

Lyons-Weiler has been making numerous claims about COVID-19, and about vaccines in general for years.

He claimed in February 2020 that SARS-CoV-2 contains a genetic sequence, thus proving that the virus was probably engineered in a laboratory, was repeatedly discredited by researchers and fact-checkers.

His Wordpress blog, Science, Public Health Policy and the Law claims to be a scientific journal, with an advisory board consisting of three other prominent anti-vaccine personalities.

References

1. Montesano, Nicole. "County COVID resolution comes under attack from residents". News-Register. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
2. ^ "University of Pittsburgh s James Lyons-Weiler on Using Better Statistics for Proteomics Experiments". GenomeWeb. 2005-10-14. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02.
3. "Lyons-Weiler, James". Early Detection Research Network. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
4. Barrett, Malachi (2021-05-07). "Michigan activists boost 'experts' to justify anti-vaccine stance. Health officials say their science doesn't hold up". MLive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
5. McDonald, Jessica; Jaramillo, Catalina (January 22, 2021). "Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines". FactCheck.org. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
6. Greenberg, Jon (December 18, 2020). "Video shared on Facebook inflates risk of Moderna vaccine 40-fold". PolitiFact. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
7. Stinelli, Mick (2021-01-29). "Parties give closing statements in Crack'd Egg closure case". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
8. Teoh, Flora (February 10, 2020). "2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain "pShuttle-SN" sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made". Science Feedback. Health Feedback. Retrieved September 16, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• James Lyons-Weiler publications indexed by Google Scholar

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