Thread by @BillyBostickson

1. Finally!
I found the original H1N1-H5N1 "novel" viruses emails! Yes!

Kawaoka Busted! justpaste.it/48z0r

https://twitter.com/BillyBostickson/status/1265627009989787653

2. Kawaoka Busted!
More email evidence here:
More Smoking Gun Emails From Kobe University Virologist Teridah Ernala Ginting
Acts Of Espionage Against Indonesia by Akiko Makino and Others From Kobe University's "Secret" Lab
justpaste.it/4w1m6

3. NAMRU 2 Indonesia
(where Kawaoka organised theft of viruses)
(Now moved to Phnom Penh)

History:

Perspectives on the DOD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance System:
GEIS at NAMRU 2, Indonesia (PDF)
kh.usembassy.gov/embassy/phnom-…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Med…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22371…

4. NAMRU 2 Indonesia Controversy (2008)
Indonesia Suspends US NAMRU Lab Operations

Supari On NAMRU-2

Indonesian Lawmakers Call For NAMRU-2 Probe

NAMRU-2 Debate Turns Ugly
afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/09/indone…
afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/06/supari…
afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/04/indone…
afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/04/namru-…

5. NAMRU Indonesia Controversy Part 2
U.S. insists on immunity for all Namru-2 laboratory staff

A "fact sheet" on NAMRU-2

US Embassy Half Truths:

Indonesia: More attacks on NAMRU-2
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/04/i…
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/05/a…
web.archive.org/web/2010052800…
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/04/i…

6. NAMRU-2 Indonesia Controversy Part 3
US Scientists curses Indonesians:
"A pandemic on both your houses!"

US Says Indonesia Stalling On NAMRU-2

US-Indonesian debates over bird flu samples involve NAMRU-2
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/04/a…
afludiary.blogspot.com/2008/04/us-say…
pravdareport.com/news/science/1…

7. NAMRU 2 Indonesia Controversy (Part 4)
Virus, Namru 2 and the New Minister of Health
(Anti Namru Diatribe)

13 Tedious Pages of Discussion on NAMRU 2 Controversy:

Clarification on NAMRU-2's Status
serbasejarah.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/vir…
flutrackers.com/forum/forum/in…
cindykirknews.blogspot.com/2020/04/clarif…

8. INDONESIA RACES TO BUILD BSL-3 LABS (2006)
Wikileaks Classified Cable

Interesting as it reveals US strategy and motives for involvement in the BSL 3 Program (also applies to China in broad outlines) wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/0…

9. Research Paper
Towards effective emerging infectious disease surveillance: Cambodia, Indonesia, & NAMRU-2
Sophal Ear (Naval Postgraduate School) 2011

collaboration between the DRTA's Office of Strategic Research & Dialogues & ]Naval Postgraduate School core.ac.uk/download/pdf/2…

10. Explainer
I am just padding the background about NAMRU 2 before getting back to the main Kawaoka story involving theft and smuggling of viruses to his laboratory in Japan and his GOF work in Japan and the USA.
It's important to paint the whole picture I think.

11. H5N1 Indonesia - NAMRU 2
interview with Indonesia’s health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari
(scroll down for some interesting comments)

Preparing Indonesia:
H5N1, Foucault and Viral Sovereignty through the Lens of Global Health
web.archive.org/web/2017121914…
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/1…

12. Biopiracy, Vaccines & Viral Sovereignty
Indonesia & WHO’s new Pandemic Influenza Plan

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus:
a 20-year journey of insecure landscapes

Pages 117-141: Kawaoka & Fouchier's GOF work on H5N1lindenwood.edu/files/resource…
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/hand…

13. Doctor Hualan Chen from Harbin mentioned in the above dissertation.

14. Background to Kawaoka's H5N1 GOF work
H5N1 & "Spanish" Flu Reconstruction of 1918-like avian influenza virus stirs concern over GOF experiments

Scientists condemn 'crazy, dangerous' creation of deadly airborne flu virus
virology.ws/2014/06/20/rec…
theguardian.com/science/2014/j…

15. Let's review Kawaoka's research "interests"
E.G:
Ito, Goto, Yamamoto, Tanaka, Takeuchi, Kuwayama, Kawaoka, Otsuki (a Tongue Twister ;)
Generation of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A Virus From an a virulent Field Isolate by Passaging in Chickens. vetmed.wisc.edu/people/kawaoka…

16. Many, many papers!
I am certainly not going to trawl through all 700 or so papers here under the name Kawaoka:

But you can, if you like?pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kawaoka%…

17. Review of Kawaoka's GOF Research (not only H5N1)
A useful discussion here:
Virologists plan influenza H7N9 GOF experiments (2013)

The Letter (GOF experiments on H7N9
Fouchier, Kawaoka & 20 co-authors
virology.ws/2013/08/07/vir…
nature.com/articles/50015…

18. The 20 co-authors of the Nature Letter (he Letter (GOF experiments on H7N9 by Fouchier & Kawaoka) are listed separately here with corresponding email addresses:

Make of the names what you will, perhaps you recognise some of them? static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1…

19. The GOF Influenza Debate
Vincent Racaniello, the Propaganda Chief of the GOF virologists cabal discusses the Influenza H7N9 gain of function experiments on Dispatch Radio (2013)

Transcript here:

YT Link:
virology.ws/2013/08/13/inf…
users.on.net/~peter.hart/Ra…

20. The Voices raising concern
Should We Allow Scientists To Create Dangerous Super-Viruses?

Bird Flu Paper Is Published After Debate

Special Science Issue with several papers
forbes.com/sites/stevensa…
nytimes.com/2012/06/22/hea…
sciencemag.org/site/special/h…

21. More Voices raising concerns (2)
Can Limited Scientific Value of Potential Pandemic Pathogen Experiments Justify the Risks? (@mlipsitch of CWG)

Reply to the Epistemological Perspective on Value of Gain-of-Function Experiments
mbio.asm.org/content/5/5/e0…
mbio.asm.org/content/5/5/e0…

22. Debate Continues
Reply to “Can Limited Scientific Value of PPP Experiments Justify the Risks?”

Cambridge Working Group Statement on PPPs:

PDF:
Signatories include Inglesby, Farzan, Lipkin, Mackay, Rambaut mbio.asm.org/content/5/5/e0…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/stat…

23. Gryphon Scientific Report (Treasure Trove)

CWG comments:
Marc Lipsitch

Stanley Plotkin

Lynn Klotz

Carlos Moreno

Steven Salzberg
gryphonscientific.com/resources/gain…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/lips…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/plot…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/klot…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/more…
cambridgeworkinggroup.org/documents/salz…

24. The Gryphon Scientific Report on GOF
Full Report (1009 Pages)

Update Summary Risk and Benefit Analysis (RBA) of Gain of Function Research Progress (36 Pages)
osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/upl…
osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/upl…

25. H5NI viral-engineering dangers will not go away!
Governments & funders must urgently address the risks posed by gain-of-function research

Scientists are creating a dangerous flu strain, just to prove they can
nature.com/news/h5n1-vira…
genome.fieldofscience.com/2013/08/scient…

26. Read These Two Letters!
A submission to the
CDC/HHS re Opposition to Lab-engineering of Potentially Lethal Pathogens

An open letter to the NSABB re the political and
ethical implications of lethal virus development
users.on.net/~peter.hart/Su…
users.on.net/~peter.hart/Op…

27. Do Ethical Alternatives Exist? Yes!
(Can Someone tell Kawaoka, Fouchier et al and WIV)
Ethical Alternatives to Experiments with Novel Potential Pandemic Pathogens
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

28. Back to Kawaoka's Research (1)
2006 Host Range Restriction & Pathogenicity in Influenza Pandemics

and
2008 Receptor specificity of influenza viruses (Japanese)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21089359/

29. Kawaoka and the 1918 Flu
2011 Pathogenesis 1918 pandemic influenza virus
Watanabe & Kawaoka

2013 Crosstalk between animal and human influenza viruses
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

30. Break Time!
More to Come if anyone is interested in Kawaoka's work?
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