Scientists are emphasizing the need for global preparedness in the face of an inevitable next pandemic. Experts, including former EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, are proposing practical steps to prepare for future infectious outbreaks while waiting for multilateral solutions. The warnings come as concerns over lab leaks and the origins of Covid-19 continue to be debated. Calls for a serious investigation into the origins of the virus are growing, with claims that the scientific community and the NIH have hindered progress. Meanwhile, scientists involved in gain-of-function research caution that fears of lab leaks are hampering efforts to study and prevent future pandemic viruses.
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus. https://t.co/sQALsyyzrJ
UNC professor Ralph Baric co authored a 2018 DARPA grant proposal with EcoHealth Alliance and Dr. Shi [Wuhan] to insert furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses DARPA turned down the proposal as too dangerous, so Fauci went around channels.
Lancet Commision on Covid Article, Jeffrey Sachs "clear proof NIH and many members of the scientific community have been impeding a serious investigation of the origins of Covid-19 and deflecting attention away from the hypothesis that risky US supported research may have lead… https://t.co/izOqMMQJa9
Sachs has warned that Covid-19 was not a one-off fluke, but that risky gain-of-function research was ongoing, funded by the US and presented a risk of leading to future pandemics p85 Deception
Lancet picked Columbia Economist Jeffrey Sachs to head a commission to study conflicts of interest in the "proximal origin" article [claiming wet market origin of Covid]. Sach's notes Daszach refused to divulge information, conflicts of interest and he engaged in active and… https://t.co/PUUQuS0wmq
UNC prof Ralph Baric was also a coauthor on the Lancet paper claiming Covid came from the wet market. Turns out Baric failed to mention his extensive partnership with Wuhan and Dr. Shi. He even refused to acknowledge during the early investigations.
Some of the Lancet article signatories that tried to claim Covid was not a lab leak, later recanted. Dr. Riozman - "I'm convinced...the virus was brought into the lab, they started to work [weaponize] with it...and some sloppy individual brought it out...they can't admit they did… https://t.co/mbfnRdPUqX
Covid -follow the Money. The Lancet published the Daszak, Farrar, Fauci et al propaganda "Proximal Origin" paper to refute the Wuhan Lab leak. It was later uncovered that Daszak and several of the signatories were "economically intertwined with the Wuhan Lab"
Apparently, you need to be prepared for... the next pandemic. What are they doing in those labs? https://t.co/6xc0z3UKwU
Jeremy Farrar (Wellcome Trust) on start of Covid lab leak and discussions with Fauci: Farrar was alarmed that the coronavirus was the first of its kind to have a furin cleavage site that enhanced infectivity in humans; it "seemed almost designed to infect human cells"
Gotta love this line on gain-of-function research: "Previous lab leaks had never killed more than a few thousand people." And we let these monsters continue to weaponize viruses to kill all humans
A former biologist, I am pro most basic research However, most "pandemic research" is * Not scientifically useful or marginal at best * Tends to be quite dangerous re lab leaks * A grift Pandemic prep efforts should focus on surveillance & vax instead https://t.co/NjDPyT9ltG
The gain-of-function Covid-19 virus has killed almost 7 million so far. And there are still bioweapons labs working around the globe to design even more deadly viruses. This is a real threat to humanity. Gain-of-function must be stopped, globally, today.
The gain-of-function Covid-19 virus has killed almost 7 million so far. And there are still bioweapons labs working around the globe to design even more deadly viruses. This is a real threat to humanity. Gain-of-function must be stopped, globally, today.
Make no mistake: another pandemic is an evolutionary certainty. @JMDBarroso proposes practical steps to prepare for the next infectious outbreak while waiting on multilateral solutions. https://t.co/C9nUcY6sxq