When a new SARSr-CoV with a new cleavage site insertion was causing an outbreak in Wuhan, how many of the scientists involved in the March 2018 DEFUSE proposal remembered their Wuhan colleagues had a roadmap for experimenting with new SARSr-CoVs with new cleavage site insertions?
This proposal to DARPA for $14.2 million, submitted in early 2018, was like the EcoHealth-WIV NIH proposal but on steroids.
It is looking increasingly authentic. Basically only lacking confirmation from DARPA or any one of the scientists in the document.
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It is looking increasingly authentic. Basically only lacking confirmation from DARPA or any one of the scientists in the document.
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Some scientists might argue that the proposal was not successful - DARPA did not fund it. But it doesn't mean it wasn't already ongoing even at the time of proposal.
When you see this level of detail, there's a good chance some preliminary work has been done.
When you see this level of detail, there's a good chance some preliminary work has been done.
"We will also review deep sequence data for... functional proteolytic cleavage sites, and if so, introduce these changes into the appropriate... parental strain."
Sometimes scientists pitch magical approaches but most of the time there is a basis for their proposed strategy.
Sometimes scientists pitch magical approaches but most of the time there is a basis for their proposed strategy.
Since we do not have access to the deep sequencing data privately held by scientists, we cannot rule out or confirm whether the SARS2 FCS was definitely inserted in a lab.
But I wouldn't have rushed in Feb 2020 to condemn all theories of a non-natural origin.
But I wouldn't have rushed in Feb 2020 to condemn all theories of a non-natural origin.
A novel furin cleavage site might have been the extra ingredient for a natural virus to spillover from animals to humans and cause a pandemic.
But it could also have been the extra ingredient for a lab virus to jump into a researcher and be carried out of the lab unnoticed.
But it could also have been the extra ingredient for a lab virus to jump into a researcher and be carried out of the lab unnoticed.
Imagine if the public had this info in Jan 2020.
International scientists, HQ in Wuhan, were collecting an incredibly vast diversity of SARSr-CoVs, making chimera, doing research at BSL2 and 3 in various boutique cells and humanized animal models, and inserting cleavage sites.
International scientists, HQ in Wuhan, were collecting an incredibly vast diversity of SARSr-CoVs, making chimera, doing research at BSL2 and 3 in various boutique cells and humanized animal models, and inserting cleavage sites.
It might've made Tom Cotton's statements seem a little too cautious.
It might have changed how the entire world responded to the outbreak when it was still possible to contain.
We cannot go back in time, but we have to change how (international) scientific collaborations work.
This kind of information must be made public on day 1 of any new outbreak linked to a proximal research facility. We need rock solid whistleblower mechanisms.
This kind of information must be made public on day 1 of any new outbreak linked to a proximal research facility. We need rock solid whistleblower mechanisms.
A lot of us need to look at our "daily" decisions. How many times have you witnessed something bad happen and not done something to stop it from happening again?
In my experience, people can find a lot of excuses and ways to justify inaction. Mostly for self-preservation.
In my experience, people can find a lot of excuses and ways to justify inaction. Mostly for self-preservation.
Often it is difficult to visualize the damage caused by inaction.
The number of lives disrupted or lost.
Many of us want to believe it's someone else's problem. But if everyone thinks that way, then no one does anything, and someone has to pay the price.
The number of lives disrupted or lost.
Many of us want to believe it's someone else's problem. But if everyone thinks that way, then no one does anything, and someone has to pay the price.
It is difficult to grasp the magnitude of millions of Covid-related deaths.
If there's anyone out there still sitting on documents or emails that could shed light on the origin of this virus, please send it at once to several of the most reputable and credible journalists.
If there's anyone out there still sitting on documents or emails that could shed light on the origin of this virus, please send it at once to several of the most reputable and credible journalists.
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