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I’m curious if anyone has investigated the recent leaks from Project Veritas (https://www.projectveritas.com/news/military-documents-about-gain-of-function-cont

I’m curious if anyone has investigated the recent leaks from Project Veritas (https://www.projectveritas.com/news/military-documents-about-gain-of-function-contradict-fauci-testimony-under/ https://www.projectveritas.com/news/military-documents-about...). It suggests once again, that the NIH/NIAID grant to EcoHealth Alliance was in support of gain of function research at WIV involving SARS-like viruses. As a reminder, EcoHealth Alliance’s president, Peter Daszak, is a listed author on various WIV papers that explicitly describe gain of function research, and was suspiciously chosen by the WHO as the only US representative in the WHO’s visit to WIV in early 2021. From this new leak of documents, DARPA’s rejection of the NIH proposal (https://assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/5OjsrkkXHfuHps6Lek1MO0/5e7a0d86d5d67e8d153555400d9dcd17/defuse-project-rejection-by-darpa.pdf https://assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/5OjsrkkXHfuHps6Lek...) specifically calls out that the proposed NIH research seems to be Gain of Function but the proposal doesn’t admit it (DARPA is effectively accusing the NIH of falsely describing their research). This is exactly what Professor Ebright previously accused NIH and NIAID of, which is systematically avoiding the frameworks meant to prevent dangerous GoF research (https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/26/how-anthony-fauci-systematically-thwarted-the-pause-in-us-gain-of-function-research-an-interview-with-dr-richard-h-ebright/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/26/how-anthony-fauci-sy...). And it is also what Senator Rand Paul, among others, accused Dr Fauci of in past senate hearings.

swader999 5y ago
If true, this would be insane. Covering up the leak, hiding early treatments, killing millions of us. And I'm not implicating CCP in this, those docs point to USA origination. At the moment I feel like it all just fits too easily. So skeptical about whether or not it's a convenient plant.
- throwawaysea 5y ago
  Some of the previously identified papers listing Peter Daszak as an author were already damning, as they explicitly describe creating infectious clones of SARS-like (SL) viruses that can spread easily (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/). The related grants are all still searchable and listed on the official government websites: > Recently, another bat SL-CoV strain, SHC014, has been demonstrated to use human ACE2 by the construction of an infectious cDNA clone (12). Furthermore, animal infection experiments indicated that SL-CoV WIV1 and SHC014 could replicate efficiently and caused low pathogenesis in ACE2 transgenic mice (12, 13). The fact that the native bat SL-CoVs could use human ACE2 without any mutations indicates a high risk of interspecies transmission for these and similar coronaviruses that may exist in natural reservoirs. I am not sure how Fauci has managed to avoid accountability so far - I guess his aggressive behavior at Senate hearings has worked. But this new leak suggests that another government agency (DARPA) also accused the NIH/NIAID of conducting gain of function research in violation of the law and in violation of basic ethics, all using taxpayer money. If true and not a plant, it might just be enough to break through the lack of attention around this.

swader999 5y ago

If true, this would be insane. Covering up the leak, hiding early treatments, killing millions of us. And I'm not implicating CCP in this, those docs point to USA origination. At the moment I feel like it all just fits too easily. So skeptical about whether or not it's a convenient plant.

throwawaysea 5y ago
Some of the previously identified papers listing Peter Daszak as an author were already damning, as they explicitly describe creating infectious clones of SARS-like (SL) viruses that can spread easily (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/). The related grants are all still searchable and listed on the official government websites: > Recently, another bat SL-CoV strain, SHC014, has been demonstrated to use human ACE2 by the construction of an infectious cDNA clone (12). Furthermore, animal infection experiments indicated that SL-CoV WIV1 and SHC014 could replicate efficiently and caused low pathogenesis in ACE2 transgenic mice (12, 13). The fact that the native bat SL-CoVs could use human ACE2 without any mutations indicates a high risk of interspecies transmission for these and similar coronaviruses that may exist in natural reservoirs. I am not sure how Fauci has managed to avoid accountability so far - I guess his aggressive behavior at Senate hearings has worked. But this new leak suggests that another government agency (DARPA) also accused the NIH/NIAID of conducting gain of function research in violation of the law and in violation of basic ethics, all using taxpayer money. If true and not a plant, it might just be enough to break through the lack of attention around this.