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Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓 Profile picture
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Jun 23, 2021 • 84 tweets • 104 min read • Read on X
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111. #DRASTIC and the Crisis of Confidence on #CNN
edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021…
6 minute video clip
thanks @smerconish ImageImageImageImage
112. French Interview with @BricePerrier
defending the early research of #DRASTIC (5.30 onwards) francais.rt.com/magazines/inte…
"Quand on me demande au début si c'est Biden qui a fait changer le sens du vent, je réponds : ça serait plutôt Drastic!"
113. The Hindu
#DRASTIC DRASTIC DRASTIC DRASTIC.... in India
Thanks to @ramyakannan and @TheHinduScience

Online group digs deeper into coronavirus leak theory thehindu.com/news/internati…
Podcast:
thehindu.com/podcast/the-on…
Thanks to
@ananthkrishnan ImageImageImageImage
114. CRUX (Youtube) Focus on The Indian Connection
@TheSeeker268 @MonaRahalkar @BahulikarRahul

#DRASTIC #Wuhan #Coronavirus

How DRASTIC Went From A Group Of Web Nerds To Sleuths Who May Have Exposed Wuhan-Covid Origin Link

ImageImageImageImage
115. Times of India

Interview with @TheSeeker268

Covid origin: ‘If nothing went wrong at Wuhan lab, then why the obfuscations?’

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-or…
116. SKY NEWS - Thanks @SharriMarkson

Watch It! Live Bats @Wiv WORLD EXCLUSIVE

Footage proves bats were kept in Wuhan lab



Well done @uacjess @interne41914499 and of course @BillyBostickson

impact of story tracked here:

117. The UK Sun - Hall of Shame!
They borrowed Sharri's WIV bat video story but failed to mention #DRASTIC
thesun.co.uk/news/15270924/…
I blame Henry Holloway
118. FOX News - Live Bats
video.foxnews.com/v/6258893672001
Jun. 15, 2021 - 5:04 - Journalist Sharri Markson shares new video of Wuhan lab on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'
@TuckerCarlson

#DRASTIC research credited thanks! @uacjess ImageImageImage
119. WION

#Wuhan #Bats

Wuhan lab video showing bats in cage raises new queries on virus origin| Wuhan Institute of Virology



217,095 views•Jun 14, 2021

#DRASTIC group's work highlighted ImageImageImageImage
120. Daily Mail by @h_alexander

Video 'proves live bats WERE kept at Wuhan lab'

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

"It was handed to the TV station by a group called 'Drastic', who claim to be a team of scientists and investigators 🤔 though most of the group operate under pseudonyms" ImageImageImageImage
121. Newsweek picks up on the Bat Story

Thanks @Samantha__Lock @Newsweek

Wuhan Lab Video Appearing to Show Bats in Cages Fuels Speculation About Pandemic Origins

newsweek.com/wuhan-lab-vide…

Archived: archive.ph/NBAkX ImageImageImageImage
122. Taiwan News by @Keonievrington

"Video shows bats kept in Wuhan lab before COVID pandemic. Thanks to #DRASTIC @uacjess and
@BillyBostickson for discovering and sharing this video"

Nameless editor @TaiwanNews886 deleted us...

taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4227123
123. Odysee

@LuigiWarren from #DRASTIC speaks out

odysee.com/$/embed/luigi-…
124. TV Globo (Brazil)
@AntGDuarte finally emerges from the shadows!
#FANTASTIC #DRASTIC
Great reporting from Brazil by @alvaropereirajr
with @JamieMetzl @gdemaneuf
A lab-related incident is a serious possibility that demands a credible investigation
g1.globo.com/fantastico/not… ImageImageImageImage
125. ERT (Greece) σε ευχαριστώ @evetsirigotaki

Η DRASTIC φτάνει στην Ελλάδα!

(DRASTIC arrives in Greece)

Interesting in depth article by Eve Tsirigotaki, a science journalist for Greek public TV & radio (ERT), focusing on biosafety at Wuhan Labs

ertnews.gr/eidiseis/epist… ImageImageImageImage
126. NBC NEWS @NBCNews

The science around the lab leak theory hasn't changed. But here's why some scientists have.

nbcnews.com/science/scienc…

Thanks to @interne41914499 ImageImageImageImage
127. DD TV (India) by @Munmun_Bhat

Tracing the Origins of Covid-19 (Part 2)

Excellent programme covering #Drastic

@gdemaneuf @ydeigin @BillyBostickson @luigi_warren @franciscodeasis @TheSeeker268
@Rossana38510044 @BahulikarRahul

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128. DD News in Hindi Language

Special Program: Where did Corona come from?



कोविड-19 की उत्पत्ति को समझने के लिए सबसे विश्वसनीय जानकारी । देखिए 'कहां से आया कोरोना'
@Munmun_Bhat
और DRASTIC के साथ
#CovidOrigin ImageImageImageImage
129. Catalan Radio
Interview in "Version RAC1" on the origins of COVID19 and #DRASTIC ....with @franciscodeasis
in Catalan.
api.audioteca.rac1.cat/embed/15e3d4cb…
Thank you very much for the invitation @rac1
From 12:14
130. Science India
ImageImageImageImage
131. The Week (India)
theweek.in/theweek/cover/… ImageImage
132. The Sun (UK and USA) DISASTER ZONE!

@imogen_braddick

Crumbling sewers, no PPE, & filthy cages

Inside ‘chaotic & crowded’ Wuhan labs which may have unleashed Covid

the-sun.com/news/3174242/w…

and thread:

133. #DRASTIC in Der Spiegel - Cover Story

Secret services & scientists are researching the origin of the coronavirus

The Wuhan Enigma - What's behind it?

spiegel.de/ausland/corona…

linked thread with screenshots



pdf via someone
drive.google.com/file/d/1XR6deG… ImageImageImage
134. Bats R US - Reportwire (India)

There had been stray bats within the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Peter Daszak’s lies uncovered once more

reportwire.in/there-were-liv… ImageImage
135. Trying to Catch up on my secretarial duties, let me know if i missed something?
136. #DRASTIC @RdeMaistre speaks to @LEXPRESS

For the creation of an international governance on biosafety!!!

"The Covid-19 pandemic reveals the lack of international governance in the supervision of biological research, unlike nuclear which has IAEA"

lexpress.fr/actualite/pour… Image
137. @TheEconomist goes #drastic

World needs a proper investigation into how covid-19 started. China, though, is not keen..

Non Paywall: archive.ph/ERzWh

Another article:

Regardless of how Covid-19 spread, we need to better prevent lab leaks

archive.ph/qW4kz#selectio… ImageImageImage
138. Read All About it!

#DRASTIC investigations inform this "addendum" but not credited for reasons unknown.

gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/upl…

Good summary with screenshots by

@TheSeeker268

139. Xinhua Video Report @XHNews hates #drastic



and



Deconstructions:





140. Belgian News from @Nieuwsblad_be Paywalled.

via @romromtin

"But the detective work of a few dozen twitterers under the name #DRASTIC brought to light a number of facts that nevertheless raise big questions. "

m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2021070… Image
141. Channel 4 documentary!

Did Covid Leak from a Lab in China - Channel 4 Documentary



#DRASTIC from 9:30 onwards

Monkey replaced by a wind up mouse in a maze due to Editorial Cuts.

h/t @xuanzhuo85
142. Global Times Attacks #DRASTIC

1. Bai Yunyi (Global Times)
2. Lü Xiang ( CASS)
3. Li Haidong (Institute of International Relations of CFAU)
4. Shu Hongshui ( Northwest University of Political Science and Law)

globaltimes.cn/page/202108/12…

Number 4 must be stopped ;) ImageImageImageImage
143. A whole Chapter (15) and more on #Drastic by Elaine Dewar.

Book on Sale Now at Biblioasis:

On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years: An Investigation

biblioasis.com/shop/forthcomi…

and Amazon:

amazon.com/-/es/Elaine-De… ImageImageImageImage
144. @CharlesRixey OP-ED in @BlazeMediaPR

Who watches the watchmen? Fauci's 'noble lie,' exposed

In our moment of greatest need, Science protected ... itself

theblaze.com/op-ed/who-watc… Image
145. Indian Press Outraged at Global Times Attack on @TheSeeker268 and @BillyBostickson & #DRASTIC

tfipost.in/2021/08/fear-o…

opindia.com/2021/08/china-…

reportwire.in/indian-scienti…

indianexpress.com/article/world/… ImageImageImageImage
146. DIGITAL I WIRE (August 4th 2021)

How Scientists Muzzled the COVID Lab Origin Knowledge

digitalindustrywire.com/2021/08/04/how… Image
147. NY Times (Aug. 24, 2021)

"Caught in the Crossfire Over Covid’s Origins"

nytimes.com/2021/08/24/hea…

Archived:

archive.ph/5k7y3

Mostly about the work of @Ayjchan but includes a short reference to the work of #DRASTIC ImageImageImage
148. @VanityFair Thanks @KatherineEban

"The U.S. IC’s assessment, while inconclusive, vindicates those who insisted on asking if the virus could have escaped from a Wuhan laboratory"

vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/b…

Archived:

archive.ph/H8szc

Nice attitude from @DavidRelman ImageImageImage
149. The Print @ThePrintIndia Thanks @Zompaaaa

Report says there's 'ample evidence' that proves the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists were working to modify coronaviruses to infect humans. Republicans call for bipartisan probe.

theprint.in/world/covid-la… ImageImage
150. "The Citizen" (August 8th 2021) Tanzania

Op-Ed by Joseph Abraham

China rejects WHO probe offer as suspicion over Covid-19 engineering in Wuhan grows

thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/… ImageImage
151. @MailOnline Thanks @ianbirrell

China lashes out at US over 'fake news' ahead of key intelligence report into COVID origins demanded by Joe Biden

Beijing’s increasing aggression highlighted in state-run Global Times newspaper

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9… ImageImageImage
152. iT'S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN

Billy will perform his secretarial duties for #DRASTIC Image
153. More cutting edge research by
@netpoette
with much detailed discussion of the work of #DRASTIC

changingtimes.media/2021/08/28/us-…
154. Science Magazine
Jon Cohen @sciencecohen finally mentions #DRASTIC in an otherwise tedious article in
@ScienceMagazine

via
@Rossana38510044

CALL OF THE WILD

Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a “lab leak”

science.org/content/articl… ImageImage
155. Long Russian Article on #DRASTIC by
@ydeigin

Comrade Researcher Yuri Deigin's radical POV

"on the origins of COVID-19 and the activities of the DRASTIC group to clarify the root cause of the pandemic"

Thanks @izvestia_ru

iz.ru/1180484/anna-u… ImageImageImageImage
157. TBS NEWS JAPAN! @TBSNEWS6

#DRASTIC invades #Japan thanks to @gdemaneuf

Glad to see my papers highlighted!

web.archive.org/web/2021090816…

First contact with an anonymous internet group that rekindled the new corona "Wuhan Institute of Violetism"

ImageImageImageImage
158. Canada!

Canadian author Elaine Dewar’s book raises troubling questions about the origins of COVID-19

via @globeandmail

theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

One Chapter, 15, on #DRASTIC
159. @LePoint (France)

#DRASTIC Origine du Covid : comment un groupe de chercheurs rebelles mène l’enquête by @Tantalite

lepoint.fr/monde/origine-…

"While all debate was banned, a team of researchers, dubbed Drastic, exposed the cover-ups and lies from the Wuhan laboratories" ImageImage
160. The Times (UK) 🎩🎩🎩

#DRASTIC #DEFUSE moves up the Media Ladder

US ‘rejected funding for bat coronavirus project at Wuhan lab’

thetimes.co.uk/article/us-rej…

Archived: archive.ph/5Fumy

Thanks to @whippletom
161. Telegraph (UK) Thanks to @sarahknapton

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/2…

"The documents were released by Drastic, the web-based investigations team set up by scientists from across the world to look into the origins of Covid-19."

Archived: archive.ph/IFsEK ImageImage
162. Atlantico Quotidiano!

Very interesting interview with @Rossana38510044

by Enzo Reale @atlanticomag

Here's why the virus may have originated in a Wuhan laboratory: interview with microbiologist Rossana Segreto

atlanticoquotidiano.it/rubriche/ecco-… ImageImageImage
163. Something Brewing @Presa_Diretta

"We are able to tell you about a very important document discovered by #DRASTIC that sheds new light on the research activities that US researchers from EHA wanted to carry out in collaboration with the WIV Labs"

164. Presa Diretta got a response from DARPA denying everything, but that doesn't quite explain away Jonathan Epstein's Email about DURC and DARPA concerns sent to Baric.

h/t @TheSeeker268 ImageImage
165. #DRASTIC publishes the #DEFUSE Documents

Peter Daszak and the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) proposed injecting deadly chimeric bat coronaviruses collected by the Wuhan Institute of Virology into humanised and "batified" mice, and much, much more.

drasticresearch.org/2021/09/20/158…
166. As promised DEFUSE PROJECT documents have now been released by #DRASTIC

Big THANKS to anonymous whistleblowers who help to expose & confound our enemies

drasticresearch.org/2021/09/21/the…
167. New Explainer of #DEFUSE Leak by @netpoette

DRASTIC investigating team releases leaked documents about gain-of-function coronavirus research

changingtimes.media/2021/09/22/dra…
168. #DEFUSE gets picked up by @DailyMailUK

By EMILY CRAIG

"Wuhan scientists planned to release enhanced coronaviruses into bat caves 21 months before start of Covid pandemic outbreak - but DARPA refused to fund project over fears it would backfire"

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… ImageImageImageImage
169. Yeah! Sputnik goes #DRASTIC with #DEFUSE

"EcoHealth Alliance, DARPA Toyed With Infecting Wild Chinese Bats With Covid, Leaked Docs Allege"

sputniknews.com/20210922/ecohe…

Nice hot link to our website & document screenshots,

Thanks @IlyaTsukanov and @SputnikInt ImageImageImageImage
170. #Newsweek #DEFUSE Part 1

DARPA Denies Funding WIV Amid Alleged Document Leak

newsweek.com/darpa-denies-f… Image
171. #Newsweek #DEFUSE Part 2

Thanks to @meghan_roos who features our #DARPA #EHA #DEFUSE leak

"Wuhan lab wanted to genetically enhance bat viruses to study human risks, documents show"

newsweek.com/wuhan-lab-want…

Much praise for the endeavours of #DRASTIC ImageImageImage
172. La Razon (Spain) @larazon_es

Wuhan scientists planned to infect bats with enhanced coronaviruses a year and a half before the onset of the pandemic

larazon.es/sociedad/20210…

He he, now we are experts!

Gracias @PacoRlarazon Tienes Razon! ImageImageImageImage
173. The Daily Mirror (UK) @DailyMirror

Newly revealed documents purport to show grant proposals to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles containing novel chimeric spike proteins of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan

mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…

Thanks William @MirrorWil ImageImageImageImage
174. RT (Russia-USA) @RT_com

Leaked docs show DARPA considered funding $14mn project to infect Chinese bats with altered coronaviruses in 2018 – reports

rt.com/usa/535555-dar…

Thanks for the hot link to our website! ImageImageImageImage
175. The Washington News Today (USA)

In the wake of an alleged document leak, DARPA has denied funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

washingtonnewsday.com/science/in-the… ImageImageImageImage
176. Cumhuriyet Newspaper (Turkey) @TvCumhuriyet

"The DRASTIC group, founded by scientists investigating the origins of the Covid-19 epidemic from around the world, announced that Chinese scientists were offered a grant to release coronaviruses to bats"

cumhuriyet.com.tr/dunya/cinli-ar… ImageImageImageImage
177. News 24 (France) @news24fr

Des documents divulgués montrent que la DARPA a envisagé de financer un projet de 14 millions de dollars pour infecter les chauves-souris chinoises avec des coronavirus altérés en 2018 – rapports –

news-24.fr/des-documents-… Image
178. Ilsussi Diario (Italy) @SilvanaPalazzo

“Infettiamo pipistrelli con coronavirus modificati”/ Piano choc scienziati Usa-Cina

("We infect bats with modified coronaviruses" / US-China scientists shock plan)

ilsussidiario.net/news/infettiam… ImageImageImageImage
179. New York Post @nypost

"Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology planned to alter coronaviruses to infect humans more easily by introducing “human-specific cleavage sites” to bat coronaviruses"

nypost.com/2021/09/22/wuh…

Thanks for the website hotlink, Emily Crane ImageImageImage
180. Fast and Furious now with the #DEFUSE leak



Thank you @RepGallagher
181. Nicholas Wade's Analysis

New Routes to Making Covid-19 In The Lab

nicholaswade.medium.com/new-routes-to-…

Thanks for the hot link! ImageImageImage
182. French Press point to #DEFUSE #DRASTIQUE

Defuse, the secret document that overwhelms labs

lepoint.fr/monde/origine-…

Merci Beaucoup @Tantalite Image
@Tantalite 183. #DRASTIC Radio Canada

"After more than 5 months of research, we decided to produce 2 one-hour specials on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.

"1st part will be broadcast Sunday, Sept 26th & the 2nd part on next Sunday Oct 3rd on Radio-Canada"

More details:
Image
184. A rather annoying @TheAtlantic article by pro-Zoonati "journalists" @danengber and @adamfederman , but thanks for the hotlink.

The Lab-Leak Debate Just Got Even Messier

theatlantic.com/science/archiv… ImageImageImage
185. @AustraliaNewsGA by @carey_alexis

Wuhan scientists planned to release coronavirus particles into bats 18 months before outbreak

news.com.au/world/coronavi… ImageImageImageImage
186. Gazeta do Povo (Brasil)

Muito obrigado @gazetadopovo

in 2018 Wuhan scientists wanted to release coronavirus particles in bats, says group

gazetadopovo.com.br/mundo/cientist… ImageImageImageImage
187. Diario del Norte (Argentina)

Revealed: A laboratory in Wuhan planned to infect bats to study the risks to humans

diarioelnorte.com.ar/revelan-que-un… ImageImageImageImage
188. ElNacional.cat (Catalonia) by Ana Solé Sans

Chinese scientists wanted to infect bats with coronavirus more than two years ago

elnacional.cat/ca/salut/cient… ImageImageImage
189. @theintercept by @fastlerner & @maiahibbett
LEAKED GRANT PROPOSAL DETAILS HIGH-RISK CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH
theintercept.com/2021/09/23/cor…
I had to tell them off for posting a hijacked link

@McWLuke also annoyed

One mention of #DRASTIC ImageImage
190. @news_de Leipzig, Germany

Secret document revealed!

Wuhan researchers wanted to infect bats with corona

news.de/panorama/85593… ImageImageImage
191. Pangandaran (Java) @PRPangandaran

(Part of Pikiran Rakyat Media Network Indonesia)

Terima Kasih Nur Annisa! ImageImageImage
192. We now even have an audiobook version of our #DRASTIC Analysis!

Audio Book: Drastic Research:

Project DEFUSE, DARPA-PREEMPT (HR001118S0017) Leaked Document



Thanks Yellow Ember!
193. Der Spiegel @derspiegel

Tausend Dank @VHackenbroch & @alexsarovic

Where did the Wuhan virus come from?

Newly published documents fuel the discussion.

spiegel.de/wissenschaft/m… ImageImageImageImage
194. Taiwan (ROC) @TaiwanNews886

Interesting analysis of #DEFUSE by @keverington

Leaked DARPA docs reveal plans for risky research
Plan included work on humanized & 'batified' mice, adding furin cleavage sites, & 'vaccinating' wild bats

taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4298023 ImageImageImage
195. NYHEDER (Denmark) by Peter MØLLER

Bats were to be infected with man-made coronavirus in China in 2018, leaked documents show

nyheder.tv2.dk/udland/2021-09…

h/t @TheSeeker268 ImageImageImageImage

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Short 🧵on Primer & PCR Test issues (Pangolin Covs)

1. The key issue with pangolins and Pcovs is that:

It was discovered that the standard PCR tests used in 2020, and often still used, failed to actually detect many of the betacoronaviruses generously hosted by the pangolins.
2. Unless

The samples are retested with bespoke primers & more accurate PCR tests available now,

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see Nga et al., 2022 for details

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1. Tip of the Riceberg?

Not to mention wheat, barley and maize!

Read the disturbing criminal compaint here:

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1. Remote truck drone swarm bombings are here to stay!

The techniques will be improved and nowhere will be safe unless underground.

Questions to consider:

How many panel vans, transit vans and small trucks are there in a big city at any one time?
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As we edge faster and faster into the future, the future

Why not travel back in time, a mere one hundred years?

Thanks to the @internetarchive

Take a moment to digest the news and advertisements found in the Hong Kong Daily Press 28th of May 1925

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This time for the Pangolin’s Noble Sacrifice!

In this enlightened year of our Lord 2025 I, a humble observer of mankind’s ceaseless quest for health, find myself much struck by the ingenious practices of the Orient..
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...harvested with a diligence that would shame the most ardent of alchemists.

I propose, therefore, a modest scheme to amplify this noble tradition, ensuring that the pangolin’s sacrifice might serve the greater good of humanity.
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🧵🗞️The International News

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Clang! Bar, far, scar, star.

Take the swarming headlines, shred them,

South Korea’s soy sauce grand master stirs

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War without purpose, war crimes bite,
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But the man in the navy suit and tie,

chokes on known unknowns.
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