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See also: Timeline thread
See also: Timeline thread
3/
April 27, 2020
"It is highly likely that an intermediate animal host was involved and transmitted the virus to humans, accounting for the 3.8% difference in genome," he says.
quotes.net/authors/Peter+…
archive.is/hlpTR
edition.cnn.com/2020/04/26/hea…
April 27, 2020
"It is highly likely that an intermediate animal host was involved and transmitted the virus to humans, accounting for the 3.8% difference in genome," he says.
quotes.net/authors/Peter+…
archive.is/hlpTR
edition.cnn.com/2020/04/26/hea…
4/
Late December 2019
“Clearly something was out there,” he told OneZero. “There was a lot of very contentious and often dramatic discussion.”
onezero.medium.com/a-free-email-s…
Late December 2019
“Clearly something was out there,” he told OneZero. “There was a lot of very contentious and often dramatic discussion.”
onezero.medium.com/a-free-email-s…
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1 February 2020
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
"I guarantee four months from now, when this outbreak is over, the programs that were set up will gradually start to wind down, the funding will dry up," he says.
archive.is/8xWso
inverse.com/science/scient…
1 February 2020
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
"I guarantee four months from now, when this outbreak is over, the programs that were set up will gradually start to wind down, the funding will dry up," he says.
archive.is/8xWso
inverse.com/science/scient…
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The Global Virome Project, which launched in 2018, (also headed by Daszak)
The Global Virome Project was "heavily criticized" in the beginning, Daszak says. Most of the griping was over the cost, which nears $1.2 billion.
The Global Virome Project, which launched in 2018, (also headed by Daszak)
The Global Virome Project was "heavily criticized" in the beginning, Daszak says. Most of the griping was over the cost, which nears $1.2 billion.
7/
(journalist) - The more you know about the what ingredients are in that pot, the better you can figure out what may emerge next. That means digging deep into the genetics of coronaviruses.
(journalist) - The more you know about the what ingredients are in that pot, the better you can figure out what may emerge next. That means digging deep into the genetics of coronaviruses.
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"We spend money on that so we can find out what's out there. So when you go to develop a vaccine that's for not just one coronavirus, you've at least got those coronaviruses in the lab and you know what they are"
GOT THOSE CORONAVIRUSES IN THE LAB AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
"We spend money on that so we can find out what's out there. So when you go to develop a vaccine that's for not just one coronavirus, you've at least got those coronaviruses in the lab and you know what they are"
GOT THOSE CORONAVIRUSES IN THE LAB AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
9/
24 Jan 2020
[Editor’s note: Daszak regularly collaborates with two of the main authors of the WIV paper but was not involved in that study.]
archive.is/EV5Ik
the-scientist.com/news-opinion/w…
24 Jan 2020
[Editor’s note: Daszak regularly collaborates with two of the main authors of the WIV paper but was not involved in that study.]
archive.is/EV5Ik
the-scientist.com/news-opinion/w…
10/
"From a human population side, I think the real issue is if one of these viruses gets into a wildlife market
But still, it’s a low probability of the virus getting in, because it [requires] exposure to feces—in bats, these viruses are within the intestine.
"From a human population side, I think the real issue is if one of these viruses gets into a wildlife market
But still, it’s a low probability of the virus getting in, because it [requires] exposure to feces—in bats, these viruses are within the intestine.
11/
Or if a bat . . . starts foraging for insects around a farm like a pig farm, and pigs get infected, or some of the other animals in the farm, [like] civets and BAMBOO RATS, then suddenly you’ve got 100 animals infected, [and] you can infect a lot more people.
Or if a bat . . . starts foraging for insects around a farm like a pig farm, and pigs get infected, or some of the other animals in the farm, [like] civets and BAMBOO RATS, then suddenly you’ve got 100 animals infected, [and] you can infect a lot more people.
12/
I wouldn't be surprised if we find out somewhere in the next few weeks that actually the initial exposure was from another animal—it’s bats, then to another animal then to people
look at the drugs we’re developing against SARS. And instead of just focusing on that one virus
I wouldn't be surprised if we find out somewhere in the next few weeks that actually the initial exposure was from another animal—it’s bats, then to another animal then to people
look at the drugs we’re developing against SARS. And instead of just focusing on that one virus
13/
let’s treat this whole clade as a threat, and let’s make sure those drugs work against this whole clade. And that might mean tweaking some of those monoclonal antibody therapies or tweaking those vaccines a little bit to make them broader."
let’s treat this whole clade as a threat, and let’s make sure those drugs work against this whole clade. And that might mean tweaking some of those monoclonal antibody therapies or tweaking those vaccines a little bit to make them broader."
14/
02.16.20
“You’ve got live animals, so there’s feces everywhere. There’s blood because of people chopping them up,” said Peter Daszak
biointeractive.org/planning-tools…
02.16.20
“You’ve got live animals, so there’s feces everywhere. There’s blood because of people chopping them up,” said Peter Daszak
biointeractive.org/planning-tools…
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January 30, 2020
"When you look at the genetic sequence of the virus, and you match it up with every known coronavirus, the closest relatives are from bats," said Dr. Peter Daszak
currently.att.yahoo.com/att/why-bats-s…
January 30, 2020
"When you look at the genetic sequence of the virus, and you match it up with every known coronavirus, the closest relatives are from bats," said Dr. Peter Daszak
currently.att.yahoo.com/att/why-bats-s…
16/
HE GETS EVERYWHERE 😮
17 JUL 2020
bbc.com/learningenglis…
Dr Peter Daszak
It would have been great to have found the precursor to SARS 2, but what would have been even better was to have found it before SARS 2 emerged and raise the red flag on it and stop the outbreak.
HE GETS EVERYWHERE 😮
17 JUL 2020
bbc.com/learningenglis…
Dr Peter Daszak
It would have been great to have found the precursor to SARS 2, but what would have been even better was to have found it before SARS 2 emerged and raise the red flag on it and stop the outbreak.
17/
But we didn’t do that. What we were looking for were at the time our hypothesis was that SARS 1, the original SARS virus which we all thought had disappeared , was still out there in bats – and that was what we were looking for. So we found a lot of SARS 1-related viruses."
But we didn’t do that. What we were looking for were at the time our hypothesis was that SARS 1, the original SARS virus which we all thought had disappeared , was still out there in bats – and that was what we were looking for. So we found a lot of SARS 1-related viruses."
18/
JANUARY 26, 2020
Daszak said the project's research indicates we can expect around five new animal-borne pathogens to infect humanity each year. + it was "bushmeat"
archive.is/vOfJA
news18.com/news/world/the…
JANUARY 26, 2020
Daszak said the project's research indicates we can expect around five new animal-borne pathogens to infect humanity each year. + it was "bushmeat"
archive.is/vOfJA
news18.com/news/world/the…
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12/25/14
On Ebola:
“China in particular is investing a lot in Central and West Africa,” Daszak said, “but it’s hard to sustain development if people are dying and nobody wants to go there.”
ibtimes.com/ebola-panic-20…
12/25/14
On Ebola:
“China in particular is investing a lot in Central and West Africa,” Daszak said, “but it’s hard to sustain development if people are dying and nobody wants to go there.”
ibtimes.com/ebola-panic-20…
20/
Broad-spectrum drugs and vaccines:
PD cites the example of remdesivir... Researchers led by Ralph Baric... His team identified remdesivir as a promising candidate well before sars-cov-2 emerged.
www-economist-com.libproxy.ncl.ac.uk/science-and-te…
archive.is/56Hik
Broad-spectrum drugs and vaccines:
PD cites the example of remdesivir... Researchers led by Ralph Baric... His team identified remdesivir as a promising candidate well before sars-cov-2 emerged.
www-economist-com.libproxy.ncl.ac.uk/science-and-te…
archive.is/56Hik
21/
CNN transcript
DASZAK: People are working on vaccines, they're working on drugs. That's the silver bullet. That's what we're looking for. And I see it as an opportunity.
edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/20…
archive.is/KCfsE
CNN transcript
DASZAK: People are working on vaccines, they're working on drugs. That's the silver bullet. That's what we're looking for. And I see it as an opportunity.
edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/20…
archive.is/KCfsE
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10 May 2020
cbsnews.com/news/nih-cance…
Daszak says the consequence of NIH pulling the $3.7 million grant will be felt for years to come.
10 May 2020
cbsnews.com/news/nih-cance…
Daszak says the consequence of NIH pulling the $3.7 million grant will be felt for years to come.
23/
"It matters because number one, our work is used in developing vaccines and drugs to save American lives and the lives of people around the world. So that matters a lot," Daszak said.
What work was used for what vaccines and drugs? @BillyBostickson
"It matters because number one, our work is used in developing vaccines and drugs to save American lives and the lives of people around the world. So that matters a lot," Daszak said.
What work was used for what vaccines and drugs? @BillyBostickson
24/
30 October 2013
"Coronaviruses evolve very rapidly. The ones we are seeing are exquisitely evolved to jump from one species to another, which is quite unusual for a virus. So the big question is why are they emerging now?"
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
30 October 2013
"Coronaviruses evolve very rapidly. The ones we are seeing are exquisitely evolved to jump from one species to another, which is quite unusual for a virus. So the big question is why are they emerging now?"
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
25/
Dr Daszak said it would cost "about $1.5bn to discover all the viruses in mammals. I think that would be a great investment because once you have done it, you can develop vaccines and get ready with test kits to find the first stage of emergence and stop it."
Dr Daszak said it would cost "about $1.5bn to discover all the viruses in mammals. I think that would be a great investment because once you have done it, you can develop vaccines and get ready with test kits to find the first stage of emergence and stop it."
26/
Dr. Daszak said that the region where China, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar converge may be “the real hot spot for these viruses.”
archive.is/DPL7d
Dr. Daszak said that the region where China, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar converge may be “the real hot spot for these viruses.”
archive.is/DPL7d
28/
Look, first, the idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney. It’s simply not true. I’ve been working with that lab for 15 years.
(also Daszak:
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE BIT OF EVIDENCE, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WHEN IT EMERGED)
Look, first, the idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney. It’s simply not true. I’ve been working with that lab for 15 years.
(also Daszak:
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE BIT OF EVIDENCE, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WHEN IT EMERGED)
29/
I’ve been working with that lab for 15 years. And the samples collected were collected by me and others in collaboration with our Chinese colleagues... There was no viral isolate in the lab. There was no cultured virus that’s anything related to SARS coronavirus 2.
☝️ 8/
I’ve been working with that lab for 15 years. And the samples collected were collected by me and others in collaboration with our Chinese colleagues... There was no viral isolate in the lab. There was no cultured virus that’s anything related to SARS coronavirus 2.
☝️ 8/
30/
Every single outbreak of a novel virus, somebody somewhere says, “Well, this has been manufactured in a lab."
Every single outbreak of a novel virus, somebody somewhere says, “Well, this has been manufactured in a lab."
31/
How did a virus like this get from a bat to a human? It is a very strange thing when we try and think about it.
HOW DID A VIRUS LIKE THIS GET FROM A BAT TO A HUMAN? IT IS A VERY STRANGE THING
How did a virus like this get from a bat to a human? It is a very strange thing when we try and think about it.
HOW DID A VIRUS LIKE THIS GET FROM A BAT TO A HUMAN? IT IS A VERY STRANGE THING
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We looked at the viruses bats carried, and we showed that they can actually already infect human cells in the lab. They can cause disease, like SARS, in some of the mouse models for SARS.
SO YOU *DO* HAVE THE VIRUSES AND YOU *ARE* TESTING THEM
We looked at the viruses bats carried, and we showed that they can actually already infect human cells in the lab. They can cause disease, like SARS, in some of the mouse models for SARS.
SO YOU *DO* HAVE THE VIRUSES AND YOU *ARE* TESTING THEM
33/
So, sending out taxpayer money to those countries is very unpopular with the current administration, but it not only protects them, it protects us. It’s a right-wing agenda and a left-wing agenda.
[DUDE FUCK DRUMPF LOL + give me megamonies taxpayer - I'm noticing a theme]
So, sending out taxpayer money to those countries is very unpopular with the current administration, but it not only protects them, it protects us. It’s a right-wing agenda and a left-wing agenda.
[DUDE FUCK DRUMPF LOL + give me megamonies taxpayer - I'm noticing a theme]
34/
It’s impossible to say that it didn’t happen, and it never will be possible, even if you showed video evidence of every hour of everybody working in that lab. And there are VIDEO CAMERAS up there.
[Cool, release the video evidence of every hour of everybody working there😀]
It’s impossible to say that it didn’t happen, and it never will be possible, even if you showed video evidence of every hour of everybody working in that lab. And there are VIDEO CAMERAS up there.
[Cool, release the video evidence of every hour of everybody working there😀]
35/
These are biosecure labs with very high-tech, sophisticated security systems.
[The magic infallible BSL labs which haven't, for example, recently had to undergo a safety overhaul]
institute.wuhanvirology.org/Research2016/R…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
These are biosecure labs with very high-tech, sophisticated security systems.
[The magic infallible BSL labs which haven't, for example, recently had to undergo a safety overhaul]
institute.wuhanvirology.org/Research2016/R…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
36/
Even if you showed all the notebooks, the conspiracy folks would continue to say, “Well, it’s a cover-up. Clearly something happened, and these are doctored notebooks, doctored videotapes.”
Even if you showed all the notebooks, the conspiracy folks would continue to say, “Well, it’s a cover-up. Clearly something happened, and these are doctored notebooks, doctored videotapes.”
37/
[Sounds like it would have been the simplest thing in the world to release the notebooks and the footage in January and put any suspicion to bed.]
[Sounds like it would have been the simplest thing in the world to release the notebooks and the footage in January and put any suspicion to bed.]
38/
LET'S SEE PETER DASZAK'S NOTEBOOKS
LET'S SEE PETER DASZAK'S NOTEBOOKS
39/
.... more blah blah blah, nothing could possibli go wrong in a BSL lab ever etc etc ...
.... more blah blah blah, nothing could possibli go wrong in a BSL lab ever etc etc ...
40/
DECEMBER 15, 2014
Dr. Daszak commented, “our paper illustrates that we can expect over five new emerging diseases each year into the future.
[Has Daszak met his virus target from 2014?]
prweb.com/releases/2014/…
archive.is/KRSl8
DECEMBER 15, 2014
Dr. Daszak commented, “our paper illustrates that we can expect over five new emerging diseases each year into the future.
[Has Daszak met his virus target from 2014?]
prweb.com/releases/2014/…
archive.is/KRSl8
41/
3 FEB 2020
Daszak and his colleagues have teams in 10 countries that conduct roughly 50 bat-virus-hunting expeditions a year.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
3 FEB 2020
Daszak and his colleagues have teams in 10 countries that conduct roughly 50 bat-virus-hunting expeditions a year.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
42/
In China, trained bat-hunters go into caves to capture the animals, collect oral and genital swabs, as well as urine, feces and blood. The samples are then shipped directly in cold storage to a high-tech lab for testing, Daszak said.
In China, trained bat-hunters go into caves to capture the animals, collect oral and genital swabs, as well as urine, feces and blood. The samples are then shipped directly in cold storage to a high-tech lab for testing, Daszak said.
43/
"We started to see the conspiracy theories, the pointing of the finger at China and just this sort of politicization. ... It is very unfortunate because what we need right now is open communication with scientists across the world," he said.
chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/02/WS…
"We started to see the conspiracy theories, the pointing of the finger at China and just this sort of politicization. ... It is very unfortunate because what we need right now is open communication with scientists across the world," he said.
chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/02/WS…
44/
[China go to Daszak]: "Nobody has the virus from bats that led to COVID-19. We've not found it yet. We've found close relatives, but it's not the same virus. So to my mind it's not that possibility."
ecns.cn/news/2020-04-2…
[China go to Daszak]: "Nobody has the virus from bats that led to COVID-19. We've not found it yet. We've found close relatives, but it's not the same virus. So to my mind it's not that possibility."
ecns.cn/news/2020-04-2…
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