Peter Miller (previous rootclaim challenge winner) mentioned in this interview that he's currently helping rootclaim with their side in this debate. Bit of a weird way to get an update but it sounds like the debate is still happening:

https://youtu.be/xwpLmUZXTk0?si=JlyzmJhGCe0AWJN_

What happened with this ? The rootclaim website does not even list this as a challenge:
https://www.rootclaim.com/rootclaim-challenge

@Odoacre Not sure, the last update seems to be from the start of the year https://x.com/Rootclaim/status/1876164765837574535

have the judges been selected? can't find much info from a quick search.

(for covid origins, it seems pretty straightforward to find ppl with relevant scientific expertise who nonetheless don't have a strong opinion going in. that seems enormously difficult when it comes to vaccine efficacy? curious how they handle selection)

@Ziddletwix this mentions judges being selected but it's from '22 https://blog.rootclaim.com/rootclaim-accepts-500000-challenge-on-covid-vaccine-safety-efficacy/

rootclaim's main announcement says they have the two judges but no details beyond that (could be intended to be kept anonymous during the debate, but that'd be odd since the rest of it is so public)

@Ziddletwix "Videos will be released after the winner is declared to preserve the judges' anonymity."

@Alfie got it, thanks!

I never thought this day would happen

Is Kirsch self-funding his side of the bet? (Haven’t seen if there’s background to this)

@Ziddletwix I believe so, based on his substack it seems both sides have put up $1,000,000 https://kirschsubstack.com/p/did-the-covid-vaccine-save-more-people?r=o7iqo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

what if there's a tie?

@jacksonpolack In the case of a tie I'll resolve at 50%.