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2 Sep, 8 tweets, 4 min read
WHO, Berlin float sanctions if countries suppress information on pandemics

Spahn and Tedros made their comments at the inauguration of a new virus-monitoring center in Berlin, dubbed the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.
politico.eu/article/who-be…
An initial $100 million investment by the German government is funding the hub, which will be led by Chikwe Ihekweazu, currently director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

For now, the hub will operate out of the Charité Berlin medical and research facility.
That sounds great.. But wait, who is the Head of Administrative Office for Global Health and Director Institute of Virology, at the Charite Berlin?

Dr. Christian Drosten, yes.
charite.de/en/service/en_…
Christian Drosten who signed the Lancet letter with Daszak:
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
And who has been quoted left and right denouncing a research related accident as a conspiracy theory.
republik.ch/2021/06/05/her…
His angle: zoonosis through farming.
"If somebody gave me a few hundred thousand bucks and free access to China to find the source of the virus, I would look in places where raccoon dogs are bred."

He just got $100 mln. Great.
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
I hope that - before before spending our tax money on his own private and conflicted convictions - Christian will take some hints from Dr Tedros and the US intelligence community, who all consider a research-related accident equally plausible.

@c_drosten #DRASTIC @JamieMetzl
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17 Sep
Here is presentation on the deleted DB. Works on mobile too.

Just click on the slide or use the left/right arrow keys to navigate:
bit.ly/3nF01M9 Image
Also a reminder that we are populating an interactive Google map of Wuhan with multimedia:

Wuhan Map (street map mode) - google.com/maps/d/viewer?…
You can do a search - just type something there: Image
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16 Sep
An interesting Politico article by Michael Callahan, former biosafety physician for the U.S. State Department’s Bio-Industry Initiative in the former Soviet Union and Bio-Engagement Program in Asia.
politico.com/news/magazine/…
One key section: Image
Which basically links bak to Jasper Baker's recent book:
Made in China - Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy
hurstpublishers.com/book/made-in-c…
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4 Sep
@Tantalite @FabienColombo @IsabellWelpe @EckerleIsabella @sciencecohen It is rather disappointing to see scientists repeating basic mistakes, all already listed in
researchgate.net/publication/35…
@Tantalite @FabienColombo @IsabellWelpe @EckerleIsabella @sciencecohen Shi Zhengli "all staff and students in the lab” were tested for SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses and were negative."

The small sample of 23 or so staff and students in her lab is largely irrelevant. There are many teams working at the WIV - in all 590 staff and students.
@Tantalite @FabienColombo @IsabellWelpe @EckerleIsabella @sciencecohen And we are still missing the field samplers and their aids, the other Wuhan labs involved in BatCoV research, and the possibility of a lab leak without someone in the lab itself being infected.

Basically her statement is worth close to nothing.
See:
researchgate.net/publication/35…
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1 Sep
An interview with Elaine Dewar on her book on the origins:

biblioasis.com/interview-with…
‘Undeclared Interests’ could have been the title of the book.
“The most important takeaway is that this book demonstrates the real danger is from arrogant and reckless globalized biological science which may have let loose the whirlwind… For their work to continue and their prestige to grow, they must capture public resources”
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1 Sep
DIA leads on lab leak theory - Washington Times washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/…
Sources said the Defense Intelligence Agency is the one agency that firmly believes in the lab leak theory. According to one source, the DIA’s confidence is based on work with a little-known institute under its control called the National Center for Medical Intelligence,
which was renamed in 2009 from the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center.
The center’s mission is to gather and analyze all sources of worldwide health threats, including foreign medical capabilities, infectious disease and health risks of national military importance.
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1 Sep
Interview of Jasper Becker, author of “Made in China: Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy”:
The BioTech competition which China and other powers are fully pursuing is exposing us to new risks which we are pretending to manage with dated regulations and fragmentary frameworks (when they are not rendered powerless).

It's a recipe for disasters.
Jasper Becker reported from Beijing for eighteen years, including as bureau chief for the 'South China Morning Post'.

A Mandarin-speaker, he has written on China for 'The Guardian', 'The Economist' and 'The Spectator'.
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