🔥 An email from Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, to Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Francis Collins of the US NIH on Feb 2 2020 said that “a likely explanation” was that Covid had rapidly evolved from a Sars-like virus inside human tissue
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/1…
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/1…
in a low-security lab. Such evolution may have “accidentally created a virus primed for rapid transmission between humans”.
Professor Mike Farzan of Scripps Research, the expert who discovered how the original Sars virus binds to human cells, was bothered by the furin site
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Professor Mike Farzan of Scripps Research, the expert who discovered how the original Sars virus binds to human cells, was bothered by the furin site
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and had a hard time to explain that as an event outside the lab, though there’re possible ways in nature but highly unlikely.
Bob Garry of University of Texas was unconvinced that Covid-19 emerged naturally: “I just can’t figure out how this gets accomplished in nature.”
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Bob Garry of University of Texas was unconvinced that Covid-19 emerged naturally: “I just can’t figure out how this gets accomplished in nature.”
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Professor Andrew Rambaut, of University of Edinburgh, also said that furin cleavage site “strikes me as unusual”, and that “I think the only people with sufficient information or access to samples to address it would be the teams working in Wuhan.”
But Dutch virologist
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But Dutch virologist
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Ron Fouchier told Sir Jeremy in an email that “further debate would do unnecessary harm to science in general and science in China in particular”.
Dr Collins, former director of US NIH, warned it could damage “international harmony”.
These emails were sent in response to
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Dr Collins, former director of US NIH, warned it could damage “international harmony”.
These emails were sent in response to
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a teleconference between 12 scientists including Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK Government's chief scientific adviser, on Feb 1.
The new details came to light after members of the US Republican House Oversight Committee were granted access to the documents, after complaining
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The new details came to light after members of the US Republican House Oversight Committee were granted access to the documents, after complaining
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that their content had been heavily redacted when released under Freedom of Information requests. Institutions which held the emails have repeatedly resisted efforts to publish their content.
The emails show that by Feb 2, 2020 scientists were already trying to shut down
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The emails show that by Feb 2, 2020 scientists were already trying to shut down
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the debate into the lab leak theory.
🚨 What’s highly puzzling and also disturbing was that someone like former NIH Director Francis Collins, who’s supposed to be a scientist, had prioritized “international harmony” over truth and science.
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🚨 What’s highly puzzling and also disturbing was that someone like former NIH Director Francis Collins, who’s supposed to be a scientist, had prioritized “international harmony” over truth and science.
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🔻 the unredacted emails released by the US Republican House Oversight Committee
pdf: republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
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pdf: republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
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