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1) The two most significant articles promoting “natural origins” theory originated from scientists who were part of a response team of “experts” brought in by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (NASEM)

From myself & @HansMahncke
theepochtimes.com/emails-reveal-…

2) The articles appear to have been part of a coordinated effort originating from a Feb. 1, 2020, teleconference organized by Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of the British Wellcome Trust.
theepochtimes.com/fauci-team-scr…

3) Immediately prior to Daszak circulating the draft of the Lancet letter, there was a meeting on Feb. 3, 2020, organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (NASEM).

4) The hastily assembled meeting came at the same-day request of OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemeier, who asked the NASEM to “help determine the origins of 2019-nCoV.”

The meeting included a 10-minute presentation from Fauci and also included both Daszak and Kristian Andersen.

5) Internal emails suggest that there was significant internal debate following the formal meeting.

From both officials at NASEM and the experts called in by the organization for advice on the official response to Droegemeier’s request.

6) Andersen email discussion w/Daszak & rest of group:

“I do wonder if we need to be more firm on the question of engineering. The main crackpot theories going around at the moment relate to this virus being somehow engineered with intent and that is demonstrably not the case."

7) Just days prior, immediately preceding the Feb. 1, 2020, Fauci–Farrar teleconference, Andersen had sent Fauci an email:

“One has to look really closely at all the sequences to see that some of the features (potentially) look engineered.”

8) On Feb. 4, 2020, Andrew Pope of NASEM wrote to the participants, noting:

“Plans have changed in terms of our product. Instead of a ‘Based on Science’ web posting, we are now developing a letter that will be signed by the 3 Presidents of our 3 Academies.”

9) After much deliberation, a Feb. 6, 2020, response from NASEM was sent to the White House’s Droegemeier.

Notably:

NASEM: "The experts informed us that additional genomic sequence data...are needed to determine the origin and evolution of the virus"

10) But Daszak was already circulating his letter dismissing lab leak as a conspiracy theory prior to NASEM’s response.

According to Andersen’s co-author Robert Garry, a draft of Andersen’s March 17, 2020, “Proximal Origin” article for Nature was also circulating by this time.

11) The Feb. 19 Lancet article was signed by 27 scientists.

Two signatories, Farrar and Drosten, were present on the Feb. 1 teleconference.

At least five were directly affiliated w/Daszak's EcoHealth.

And five of the signatories worked with or for Farrar's Wellcome Trust.

12) Some unaffiliated signatories have changed their minds on origins of virus.

Stanley Perlman says lab leak theory is “back on the table.”

Charles Calisher claims it was “over the top” to call lab leak a conspiracy theory.

Peter Palese, is demanding a proper investigation.

13) Notably, University of Chicago professor Bernard Roizman has stated that the virus originated from the lab due to “sloppiness,“ claiming that Wuhan lab personnel “can’t admit they did something so stupid.”

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