The late Phillip Russell, former president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, was a big deal. That's why I encourage everyone to read carefully the email he sent in April 2020. 1/11 usrtk.org/biohazards/bio…
"The flimsiness of the epidemiology pointing to the wet market, the absence of bats in the market, the failure to identify an intermediate animal host, the extraordinary measures taken by the Chinese gov't, including persecution & probable killing of two brave physicians... 2/11
... to cover up the outbreak, the steps taken to silence the laboratory personnel,. the change in leadership of the lab, all point to the lab as the source of the outbreak.” 3/11
This was written at the same time as the shameful Peter Daszak et al @TheLancet letter which asserted, w/o a shred of evidence, that "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." 4/11 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
The fact that China maintains its despicable coverup and is blocking any meaningful investigation into pandemic origins is an insult to the memory of the approximately 15 million people who've died from #COVID19 and their families, as well as the billions who've been harmed. 5/11
The efforts of US Senators Marshall, Gillibrand, Feinstein, and Ernst to establish a bipartisan US national #COVID19 commission is an important step in the right direction. @SenSchumer should help guide their draft bill to passage. 6/11 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
.@DrTedros & @WHO also working hard to make an investigation possible by establishing SAGO. The first act of the SAGO team must be to demand full access to all relevant records, samples, & personnel in China. SAGO will be delegitimized if it plays along w/ Beijing's coverup. 7/11
Basic point (for the thousandth time): everyone on earth is a stakeholder in having the origins of the pandemic identified so we can address our greatest shortcomings and build a safer future for all. Here's what I wrote in April 2020. 8/11 newsweek.com/defunding-who-…
The #WorldHealthAssembly made important progress toward a pandemic treaty this week, but there will be no transparency and accountability in the future if we have none now. It's time for world leaders to lead. 9/11
Ironic that @WTA chief Steve Simon seems to be one of the few world leaders with balls. #WhereIsPengShuai 10/11
As always, I invite you to learn more about the pandemic origins issue at this site and to draw your own conclusions. 11/11 jamiemetzl.com/origins-of-sar…
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