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When Peter Daszak drafted the Lancet letter which was published in February 2020 it pretty much shut down any open discussion of origins. "It's of natural orig

When Peter Daszak drafted the Lancet letter which was published in February 2020 it pretty much shut down any open discussion of origins. "It's of natural origin, or you're a conspiracy theorist". It took the Lancet 16 months(!) to publish a conflict of interest statement revealing that Daszak was linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology via EcoHealth Alliance.

ErrolMusk 5y ago
Facebook HIRED Peter Daszak as a 'factchecker' and allowed him to REMOVE anything that suggested the virus came from a lab. As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime. Facebook ENABLED this coverup
- bipson 5y ago
  > As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime. > Facebook ENABLED this coverup. Wat? How is this not considered a conspiracy theory? 5 comments down an article that discusses fact checking... Hm, maybe my sarcasm-meter is off by a notch again. dunno.
  - cheaprentalyeti 5y ago
    It hasn't been considered a conspiracy theory since the CSPAN video from 2016 surfaced showing him talking about paying someone in China to make killer viruses. It's at the following link, at about the 1 hour 17 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksKoMZon6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksKoMZon6Y
- logifail 5y ago
  > Facebook HIRED Peter Daszak as a 'factchecker' [..] Worse, Daszak was also part of WHO-led international mission[0] to investigate the origins of the pandemic(!!) in early 2021, though he eventually recused himself in June 2021[1] [0] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00295-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/uk-scientist-centre-pandemic-origins-debate-removed-inquiry/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
- nradov 5y ago
  Did Facebook ever actually hire Peter Daszak? My understanding is that Facebook censored posts which contradicted his infamous Lancet letter (and that's bad enough) but I haven't seen evidence of Facebook paying him or giving him editorial control. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655057/Facebook-fact-checkers-cited-Lancet-letter-Wuhan-lab-funder-Peter-Daszak-debunk-lab-leak.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655057/Facebook-fa...

ErrolMusk 5y ago

Facebook HIRED Peter Daszak as a 'factchecker' and allowed him to REMOVE anything that suggested the virus came from a lab. As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime. Facebook ENABLED this coverup

bipson 5y ago
> As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime. > Facebook ENABLED this coverup. Wat? How is this not considered a conspiracy theory? 5 comments down an article that discusses fact checking... Hm, maybe my sarcasm-meter is off by a notch again. dunno.
- cheaprentalyeti 5y ago
  It hasn't been considered a conspiracy theory since the CSPAN video from 2016 surfaced showing him talking about paying someone in China to make killer viruses. It's at the following link, at about the 1 hour 17 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksKoMZon6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksKoMZon6Y
logifail 5y ago
> Facebook HIRED Peter Daszak as a 'factchecker' [..] Worse, Daszak was also part of WHO-led international mission[0] to investigate the origins of the pandemic(!!) in early 2021, though he eventually recused himself in June 2021[1] [0] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00295-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/uk-scientist-centre-pandemic-origins-debate-removed-inquiry/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
nradov 5y ago
Did Facebook ever actually hire Peter Daszak? My understanding is that Facebook censored posts which contradicted his infamous Lancet letter (and that's bad enough) but I haven't seen evidence of Facebook paying him or giving him editorial control. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655057/Facebook-fact-checkers-cited-Lancet-letter-Wuhan-lab-funder-Peter-Daszak-debunk-lab-leak.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655057/Facebook-fa...