On the EcoHealth+WIV report, I told @theintercept
"one of their chimeric SARS-like viruses caused more severe disease in a humanized animal model than the original virus. After seeing that.. why did they do similar work using the MERS human pathogen?”
theintercept.com/2021/10/21/vir…
"one of their chimeric SARS-like viruses caused more severe disease in a humanized animal model than the original virus. After seeing that.. why did they do similar work using the MERS human pathogen?”
theintercept.com/2021/10/21/vir…
@theintercept In August 2021, the EcoHealth Alliance submits the 2019 report to the NIH, 2 years late, detailing the chimeric MERS-CoV work.
In September 2021, the EcoHealth Alliance told @theintercept “The MERS work proposed in the grant is suggested as an alternative and was not undertaken”
In September 2021, the EcoHealth Alliance told @theintercept “The MERS work proposed in the grant is suggested as an alternative and was not undertaken”
Has this middleman organization completely broken down? What is happening in there?
In April 2018, the NIH received the EcoHealth Alliance report showing chimeric viruses with >10x enhanced viral loads in the lung of humanized mice. This report also stated that they were moving on to do similar work with MERS-CoV.
Was there any intervention to stop this?
Was there any intervention to stop this?
Who in their right mind unintentionally creates chimeric SARS-like virus with enhanced pathogenicity in humanized mice and intentionally decides to do more of the same work with human pathogen MERS, in a city of 11 million people with international flights to major tourist areas?
Tell us what BSL the live chimeric MERS-CoV work was performed at @EcoHealthNYC
Was it also BSL2 (low biosafety level, cannot protect against airborne pathogens) just like where the chimeric SARS-like virus work had been performed?
Was it also BSL2 (low biosafety level, cannot protect against airborne pathogens) just like where the chimeric SARS-like virus work had been performed?
@EcoHealthNYC No scientist/student should be put in a position where a single moment of carelessness can lead to millions of deaths.
There is no one, regardless of skill, who should be entrusted to take on such a burden.
There is no one, regardless of skill, who should be entrusted to take on such a burden.
At this rate the 3rd CoV pandemic out of China might be a MERS-like virus.
https://twitter.com/peterhotez/status/1451185978270371849
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