1. DISASTER ZONE! Thank you @imogen_braddick

Crumbling sewers, no PPE, & filthy cages

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

Billy Bostickson, an anonymous researcher from DRASTIC & Yvette Ghannam, compiled a damning 60-page report on the labs.
2. DISASTER ZONE!

Bostickson and Ghannam confirmed the errors "support the possibility of a lab leak" of Covid, "either via an experimental animal or an infected researcher at one of the Wuhan University laboratories".
3. DISASTER ZONE!

"The authors noted another disturbing finding at the nearby Wuhan Institute of Biological Products. During their investigation into the facility, they found its sewage & drainage systems were damaged and old, "potentially contaminating local canals and creeks"
4. DISASTER ZONE!

Shocking biosecurity lapses spanning over 40 years!

And now a detailed examination of a host of other labs in Wuhan which carry out coronavirus research on bats has revealed a catalogue of shocking errors.
5. What the Monkey Saw in Wuhan

and even he was shocked at the mess!
6. Our 3rd report hotlinked in the SUN article

Researchers have uncovered a number of unnerving biosafety hazards at the WIV, the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, the Wuhan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and Wuhan University.

researchgate.net/publication/35…
7. Under DRASTIC Scrutiny!

And they say suspicion does need to be just on WIV - but potentially all the labs in Wuhan need to come under scrutiny in the hunt for Covid's origins.
8. In 2019, just months before the deadly virus started spreading across the world, an inspection of the labs at Wuhan University revealed how the rooms were filled with "lots of debris", there were no safety facilities, and students did not wear lab coats.
9. Researchers also revealed the whopping size of the animal experimentation centre at the WIV, where suspicions have grown over the origins of the pandemic.

Built in 1996, the 1,216 m2 facility contains 3,268 cages of live animals, including 12 ferret cages and 12 bat cages.
10. Live Bats

The lab captures bats from the wild to be used as experimental animals, the researchers said - with video this week appearing to be the first to show the live creatures at WIV.
11. 'ACCIDENTAL LEAK'

"At least three laboratories were actively involved in studies of bat coronaviruses and/or bat sampling activities without the use of proper PPE in the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic," Bostickson and Ghannam said.

"
12. Three Laboratories

"These three laboratories are thus considered potential sources for accidental leaks whether within the laboratory or during field sampling expeditions."
13. Whistleblowers, Documents and Subpoenas

Speaking to The Sun Online, Bostickson said the study provides more circumstantial evidence of a lab leak

"We need more whistleblowers, more internal documents, we need Daszak & others to be subpoenaed & questioned"
14. You never know...

Asked whether a lab leak could have been accidental or intentional, Bostickson said:" I don't think [it was] deliberate but you never know."
15. "DRASTIC never only focused on WIV..."

Gilles Demaneuf, a data analyst from DRASTIC, told The Sun Online the WIV is a "good contender" for the source of the lab leak - but it could have emerged from one of a number of labs in Wuhan.

@gdemaneuf
16. "Lax Approach to Biosecurity"

Richard H Ebright, professor of chemistry & chemical biology at Rutgers University, also said staff working on projects around bat SARS-related coronaviruses at the WIV were poorly protected & there was a lax approach to biosecurity @R_H_Ebright
17. Prof Ebright said:
"they used PPE, usually just gloves; sometimes not even gloves & safety standards were usually just BSL 2, posing high risk of infection of field-collection, field-survey, or lab staff in contact with a virus having transmission properties of SARS-CoV-2"
18. The Stakes are High!

"Xi Jinping ‘could be OVERTHROWN’ if Wuhan lab leak is proven as world punishes China for Covid chaos"
19. Monkey didn't get BANANAS as usual 🐵🍌😵‍💫

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21. Link to Article in the SUN...Woops!

DISASTER ZONE Crumbling sewers, no PPE, & filthy cages – Inside ‘chaotic & crowded’ Wuhan labs which may have unleashed Covid

the-sun.com/news/3174242/w…

Thanks @gdemaneuf

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More from @BillyBostickson

Jul 26
@breakfast_dogs @gadboit @NLink247 1. Insect cell baculovirus cell cultures become contaminated with insect genomic material.
2. Replication process can lead to presence of viral DNA & cellular components in culture medium.
3. This LEADS to contamination of viral product with baculovirus & insect cell-derived DNA.
@breakfast_dogs @gadboit @NLink247 Contamination

4. Expression of SC-2 Spike RBD Using the Insect Cell-Baculovirus System

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC97…

5. Co-expression vs. co-infection using baculovirus expression vectors in insect cell culture

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC71…

6. insect cell lines
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
@breakfast_dogs @gadboit @NLink247 Did WIV use insect cell systems with SARS-C0V-2?

7. Insect cell baculovirus expression systems

x.com/BillyBostickso…

8. DENG Fei, Chief Investigator in Research Group on Viruses Resources at WIV engineered baculovirus-insect cell expression systems.

buzzchronicles.com/b/all/17652/
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Jul 22
1. Kadlec awaiting confirmation for his new role

2. Kadlec's report references pangolins 76 times

bush.tamu.edu/wp-content/upl…

3. Time to read my pangolin coronavirus report?

researchgate.net/publication/39…

4. DRASTIC research cited
@gdemaneuf @ydeigin @BillyBostickson @C_Small_ x.com/BoDeepest/stat…
1. the article linked is quite good, more comments and analysis will be posted here soon

city-journal.org/article/robert…Image
2. Possible lab manipulations

"2) insertion of a pangolin virus recombinant spike or the spike’s RBD protein that includes a sequence for an FCS and an integrin-binding protein" Image
Read 76 tweets
Jul 9
Pressure is needed on people like @realannapaulina @RepLuna & @GOPoversight team as their mandate may dissolve in August.

They did Kennedy, but they are supposed to do UFO files & CoVid-19 origins before they dissolve.

We also need to know about the subpoenas sent by @RandPaul
If you are a concerned US citizen please directly contact the people listed here:

oversight.house.gov/subcommittee/t…
Read 8 tweets
Jul 1
🧵Rev. Billy's Lab Leak Cover-Up Sermon

1. Brethren, hear me now, for we stand at the precipice of a great & grievous iniquity!

The world has been ensnared by a monstrous conspiracy, a vile machination spun by a clique of scientists, experts, media scribes & state overlords!
🧵2. Let us never forget!

Those who, in their arrogance, have sought to veil the truth of the COVID pestilence!

And I say to you today, that this is no mere error, but a deliberate, diabolical plot to obscure the origins of a plague that has scourged the nations!
🧵3. The Vocabulary of Deception

Let us expose this falsehood, this house of deceit

& the duties of the vigilant in these perilous times!

Oh, what a wretched lexicon these deceivers employ! Their words are cloaked in the garb of science, yet they reek of falsehood & treachery!
Read 23 tweets
Jun 29
GUESS WHO SAID THIS?

"During shooting in Thailand, I was shocked by Daszak’s fast & loose with facts, his refusal to acknowledge his conflict of interest,& his denial of his gain-of-function res in collaboration with Wuhan lab"
You guessed right, i hope?

@janeqiuchina

She continued:

"I was equally shocked by Daszak’s constant self-promotion and how effective it was." Image
@janeqiuchina About the film:

"Blame: Bats, Politics & a Planet Out of Balance"

"Christian Frei seemed entranced by hero worshipping, apparently having lost all sense of objectivity & critical judgment. I felt strongly then, as I do now, that the film was a blatant piece of propaganda" Image
Read 5 tweets
Jun 28
Sebastian Castellio (1551)

To seek truth & to utter what one believes to be true can never be a crime. No one must be forced to accept a conviction

Conviction is free

One of the first proponents of religious toleration, freedom of conscience & thought

gospeltruth.net/zweig/heresy_c…Image
One of the great forgotten men of the Reformation.

One of the greatest minds in Geneva, a brilliant scholar and thinker.

Sebastian Castellio published what has been called "the first manifesto in favor of toleration"

web.archive.org/web/2005030616…
The Plague in Geneva

At the same time, he was the only minister in Geneva during Calvin’s day to risk his life to assist the sick during the Black Plague.

The friend of Truth obeys not the multitude, but the Truth.”

evangelicalarminians.org/sebastian-cast…
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