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| - | ====== Peter Daszak, PhD ====== | + | ====== Peter Daszak ====== |
| - | Dr. **Peter Daszak** is President of [[EcoHealth Alliance inc|EcoHealth Alliance]], a US based organization that conducts research and outreach programs on global health, conservation and international development. | + | |
| + | Dr. **Peter Daszak**, PhD is President of [[:EcoHealth Alliance]], a US-based organization that conducts research and outreach programs on global health, conservation and international development. | ||
| ===== Early Life ===== | ===== Early Life ===== | ||
| Peter grew up in Dukinfield, England, where he had 18 cages of reptiles. | Peter grew up in Dukinfield, England, where he had 18 cages of reptiles. | ||
| + | ==== Eugenics Family History ==== | ||
| + | Peter Daszak is the son of [[: | ||
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| + | Peter Cottonton Daszak (pronounced “Daysh-ak, | ||
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| + | It was established in September 1941 on the outskirts of Lwów in Eastern Poland / Western Ukraine. Inmates: Jews Liberated by: The Red Army Operated by: SS. Bohdan was captured by the British and sent to the UK where he was released into the UK population because if was deported to the Ukraine he would be hung, as well he should have been. Bohdan married Ruth Alice Mary Walton. Ian Walton and David Walton of Dukinfield Sons of Ian Walton, also of Dukinfield. AF Police for one, if not both - I think Ian was a dog handler. | ||
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| + | Grandfather was John Walton. Grandmother Ruth Alice Mary Walton (both of of Dewsnap lane) Aunt was Ruth Daszak Wikitree Bohdan died on February 1996 in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, where he had worked in Hill's Biscuit Factory. Ruth, a Brit, gave birth to Peter in 1966? There is no DOB listed in his Wiki profile. | ||
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| + | England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Peter Daszak Spouse [[:Janet D Cottingham]] (Married Feb 1997) Daszak is a Ukranian Brit expat with a Phd in Zoology specializing in parasites that attack reptiles. Daszak is not a microbiologist. Nor an M.D. What was he doing financing and personally conducting of experiments with bat viruses at the [[:Wuhan Institute of Virology]] with Fauci' | ||
| ===== Formal Education ===== | ===== Formal Education ===== | ||
| Zoology at Bangor University \\ | Zoology at Bangor University \\ | ||
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| ==== Early Career ==== | ==== Early Career ==== | ||
| - | In 1996, scientists including Peter Daszak and [[Andrew Wakefield]] noted cases of [[Crohn' | + | In 1996, scientists including Peter Daszak and [[:Andrew Wakefield]] noted cases of [[:Crohn' |
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| + | ==== Coronavirus Research ==== | ||
| + | Daszak has been at the forefront of [[coronavirus]] research. | ||
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| + | === 2005 === | ||
| + | In the wake of the 2002-2003 SARS-CoV outbreak, Daszak and collegues at the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] found that bats are a natural reservoir of SARS-like CoVs.((october 31, 2005 | Li Wendong et al including [[:Shi Zhengli]] and Peter Daszak | [[Science (journal)]] | Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses | [[https:// | ||
| ==== Later Career and EcoHealth Alliance ==== | ==== Later Career and EcoHealth Alliance ==== | ||
| - | By 2017, when he helped solve the [[SARS]] | + | By 2017, when he helped solve the [[: |
| - | A British parasitologist who had begun his career studying frogs, Daszak went to work for a conservation group called the Wildlife Trust in 2001. The organization then focused mostly on endangered species. But Daszak, who became its director in 2010 and helped rebrand the group as [[EcoHealth Alliance]], shifted the organization’s emphasis toward an idea known as “one health.” The concept, which has gained ground in public health circles in recent years, recognizes that the health of humans, animals, and plants is inextricably linked.((https:// | + | A British parasitologist who had begun his career studying frogs, Daszak went to work for a conservation group called the [[:Wildlife Trust]] in 2001. The organization then focused mostly on endangered species. But Daszak, who became its director in 2010 and helped rebrand the group as [[:EcoHealth Alliance]], shifted the organization’s emphasis toward an idea known as “one health.” The concept, which has gained ground in public health circles in recent years, recognizes that the health of humans, animals, and plants is inextricably linked.((https:// |
| * postdoctoral at Kingston University | * postdoctoral at Kingston University | ||
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| * Studied Nipah virus | * Studied Nipah virus | ||
| * Studied Hendra virus | * Studied Hendra virus | ||
| - | * Joined EcoHealth Alliance in 2010 when the [[Consortium for Conservation Medicine]] merged with the [[Wildlife Trust]] and rebranded as EcoHealth Alliance. | + | * Joined EcoHealth Alliance in 2010 when the [[:Consortium for Conservation Medicine]] merged with the [[Wildlife Trust]] and rebranded as EcoHealth Alliance. |
| ==== Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM) ==== | ==== Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM) ==== | ||
| - | Daszak became the Executive Director of EcoHealth Alliance' | + | Daszak became the Executive Director of EcoHealth Alliance' |
| - | Daszak has also consulted for other non-profit organizations and governmental agencies such as the OIE ad hoc working group on amphibian diseases, the [[National Academy of Sciences]], U.S. [[Department of the Interior]], International Union for the Conservation of Nature, National Institutes of Health, [[Australian Biosecurity CRC]], DIVERSITAS, Society for Conservation Biology, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. | + | Daszak has also consulted for other non-profit organizations and governmental agencies such as the OIE ad hoc working group on amphibian diseases, the [[:National Academy of Sciences]], U.S. [[:Department of the Interior]], International Union for the Conservation of Nature, National Institutes of Health, [[:Australian Biosecurity CRC]], DIVERSITAS, Society for Conservation Biology, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. |
| - | He is a recipient of the 2000 CSIRO medal for collaborative research, and his work has been the focus of extensive media coverage, including articles in The [[New York Times]], The [[Wall Street Journal]], [[The Economist]], | + | He is a recipient of the 2000 CSIRO medal for collaborative research, and his work has been the focus of extensive media coverage, including articles in The [[:New York Times]], The [[:Wall Street Journal]], [[:The Economist]], |
| ==== Awards and Honors ==== | ==== Awards and Honors ==== | ||
| - | Daszak received a meritorious service award from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in 1999.((June 28, 2019 | [[https:// | + | Daszak received a meritorious service award from the [[:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in 1999.((June 28, 2019 | [[https:// |
| ==== Federal Grants ==== | ==== Federal Grants ==== | ||
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| === 2018 === | === 2018 === | ||
| - | Daszak is listed as the [[Principle Investigator]] (PI) on the EcoHealth Alliance proposal sent to [[DARPA]] seeking a grant for the PREEMPT Program (Preventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats, HR001118S0017). | + | Daszak is listed as the [[Principle Investigator]] (PI) on the [[:EcoHealth Alliance]] proposal sent to [[:DARPA]] seeking a grant for the [[:PREEMPT]] Program (Preventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats, HR001118S0017). |
| * "We will sequence their spike proteins, reverse engineer them to conduct binding assays, and insert them into bat SARSr-CoV (WI1, SHC014) backbones...to infect humanized mice and assess capacity to cause SARS-like disease." | * "We will sequence their spike proteins, reverse engineer them to conduct binding assays, and insert them into bat SARSr-CoV (WI1, SHC014) backbones...to infect humanized mice and assess capacity to cause SARS-like disease." | ||
| * "Our modeling team will use these data to build machine-learning genotype-phenotype models of viral evolution and spillover risk." | * "Our modeling team will use these data to build machine-learning genotype-phenotype models of viral evolution and spillover risk." | ||
| * " | * " | ||
| - | * The first listed subcontractor is Professor [[Ralph Baric]], referencing his " | + | * The first listed subcontractor is Professor [[:Ralph Baric]], referencing his " |
| === Suspected CIA Partnership === | === Suspected CIA Partnership === | ||
| - | On January 12, 2022, Dr. Andrew Huff issued a public statement (on Twitter) in which he claimed, Peter Daszak, the President of EcoHealth Alliance, told him that he was working for the CIA. | + | On January 12, 2022, Dr. [[:Andrew Huff]] issued a public statement (on Twitter) in which he claimed, Peter Daszak, the President of [[:EcoHealth Alliance]], told him that he was working for the [[:CIA]]. |
| - | * Dr. Huff’s full statement - For the Record: In 2015, Dr. Peter Daszak stopped me as we were leaving work late at night, and asked me if he should work with the CIA. I was shocked given my experience in security. Over the next 2 months he gave me updates on 3 separate occasions about his work with the CIA. ((https:// | + | * Dr. Huff’s full statement - For the Record: In 2015, Dr. Peter Daszak stopped me as we were leaving work late at night, and asked me if he should work with the [[:CIA]]. I was shocked given my experience in security. Over the next 2 months he gave me updates on 3 separate occasions about his work with the CIA. ((https:// |
| * Full thread screenshot ((https:// | * Full thread screenshot ((https:// | ||
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| An EcoHealth Alliance whistleblower steps forward. | An EcoHealth Alliance whistleblower steps forward. | ||
| - | Peter Daszak’s [[EcoHealth Alliance]] financed by USAID, DOD, and other U.S. Government agencies—partnered with Dr. [[Ralph Baric]] of the University of North Carolina and Dr. [[Shi Zhengli]] of the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] to conduct gain-of-function research on bat-borne coronaviruses. | + | Peter Daszak’s [[:EcoHealth Alliance]] financed by USAID, DOD, and other U.S. Government agencies—partnered with Dr. [[:Ralph Baric]] of the University of North Carolina and Dr. [[:Shi Zhengli]] of the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] to conduct gain-of-function research on bat-borne coronaviruses. |
| Baric successfully created a “chimeric” coronavirus in 2015. **There is a well-documented scientific paper trail that details how Dr. Baric and Dr. Zhengli continued to collaborate on gain-of-function research together to create what went on to be a potential precursor to the SARS-CoV-2 virus**. | Baric successfully created a “chimeric” coronavirus in 2015. **There is a well-documented scientific paper trail that details how Dr. Baric and Dr. Zhengli continued to collaborate on gain-of-function research together to create what went on to be a potential precursor to the SARS-CoV-2 virus**. | ||
| - | Dr. [[Anthony Fauci]], Dr. [[Francis Collins]], and Dr. [[Peter Daszak]], who were proponents of this type of international collaboration on [[gain-of-function]] research were heavily incentivized to cover up the possibility of a lab origin because they previously had funneled U.S. taxpayer money to the Chinese lab. ((https:// | + | Dr. [[:Anthony Fauci]], Dr. [[:Francis Collins]], and Dr. [[:Peter Daszak]], who were proponents of this type of international collaboration on [[:gain-of-function]] research were heavily incentivized to cover up the possibility of a lab origin because they previously had funneled U.S. taxpayer money to the Chinese lab. ((https:// |
| - | === DAARPA | + | === [[: |
| - | Broad Agency Announcement - PREventing EMerging Pathogenic Threats [[PREEMPT]] | + | Broad Agency Announcement - PREventing EMerging Pathogenic Threats [[:PREEMPT]] |
| BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE - HR001118S0017 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE - HR001118S0017 | ||
| January 19, 2018 ((https:// | January 19, 2018 ((https:// | ||
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| ==== Daszak Pandemic Timeline ==== | ==== Daszak Pandemic Timeline ==== | ||
| * Dec 31, 2019 - Peter tweeted about Covid-19 that " | * Dec 31, 2019 - Peter tweeted about Covid-19 that " | ||
| - | * Feb 19, 2020 - Daszak appears as a coauthor on a statement of support of scientists, public health professionals, | + | * Feb 19, 2020 - Daszak appears as a coauthor on a statement of support of scientists, public health professionals, |
| * "We sign this statement in solidarity..." | * "We sign this statement in solidarity..." | ||
| * "The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins. We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." | * "The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins. We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin." | ||
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| - | The emails obtained via public records requests show that [[EcoHealth Alliance]] President Peter Daszak drafted the Lancet statement, and that he intended it to “not be identifiable as coming from any one organization or person” but rather to be seen as “simply a letter from leading scientists”. Daszak wrote that he wanted “to avoid the appearance of a political statement”. | + | The emails obtained via public records requests show that [[:EcoHealth Alliance]] President Peter Daszak drafted the [[:Lancet]] statement, and that he intended it to “not be identifiable as coming from any one organization or person” but rather to be seen as “simply a letter from leading scientists”. Daszak wrote that he wanted “to avoid the appearance of a political statement”. |
| ***The scientists’ letter appeared in The Lancet on February 18, just one week after the [[World Health Organization]] announced that the disease caused by the novel coronavirus would be named COVID-19*** ((https:// | ***The scientists’ letter appeared in The Lancet on February 18, just one week after the [[World Health Organization]] announced that the disease caused by the novel coronavirus would be named COVID-19*** ((https:// | ||
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| January 10, 2022 by Sainath Suryanarayanan | January 10, 2022 by Sainath Suryanarayanan | ||
| - | EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak opposed the public release of Covid-19-related virus sequence data gathered from China as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) PREDICT program, according to emails obtained by U.S. Right to Know. | + | EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak opposed the public release of Covid-19-related virus sequence data gathered from China as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) |
| - | The conversation in late April 2020 involved employees of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that has received millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funding to genetically manipulate coronaviruses, | + | The conversation in late April 2020 involved employees of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that has received millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funding to genetically manipulate coronaviruses, |
| Tammie O’Rourke of Metabiota emailed Hongying Li, who coordinates EcoHealth programs in China and Southeast Asia, an attachment with virus sequences detected in China that had been submitted to the public genetic sequence database GenBank. They then discussed whether the genetic sequences should be uploaded into the public database. | Tammie O’Rourke of Metabiota emailed Hongying Li, who coordinates EcoHealth programs in China and Southeast Asia, an attachment with virus sequences detected in China that had been submitted to the public genetic sequence database GenBank. They then discussed whether the genetic sequences should be uploaded into the public database. | ||
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| Hongying Li wanted to hold off on uploading the virus sequence data for several reasons, including that, “due to the COVID-19, any relevant data publication needs to be reviewed and approved by the institution in China…” | Hongying Li wanted to hold off on uploading the virus sequence data for several reasons, including that, “due to the COVID-19, any relevant data publication needs to be reviewed and approved by the institution in China…” | ||
| - | Daszak then wrote, “It’s extremely important we don’t have these sequences as part of our PREDICT release to Genbank at this point. As you may have heard, these were part of a grant just terminated by NIH.” He referred to an article in Politico, “Trump cuts U.S. research on bat-human virus transmission over China ties,” and urged holding off on public sharing of Chinese viral genomic data, even though the generation of the data was funded by U.S. taxpayers. | + | Daszak then wrote, “It’s extremely important we don’t have these sequences as part of our PREDICT release to Genbank at this point. As you may have heard, these were part of a grant just terminated by NIH.” He referred to an article in Politico, “Trump cuts U.S. research on bat-human virus transmission over China ties,” and urged holding off on public sharing of Chinese viral genomic data, even though the generation of the data was funded by U.S. taxpayers. |
| The emails were released as part of a California Public Records Act request to UC Davis. **They do not contain attachments and so the actual viral sequence data are not included in the information received by U.S. Right to Know.** It is not known whether the data referred to in the emails are still embargoed or were subsequently shared on GenBank. | The emails were released as part of a California Public Records Act request to UC Davis. **They do not contain attachments and so the actual viral sequence data are not included in the information received by U.S. Right to Know.** It is not known whether the data referred to in the emails are still embargoed or were subsequently shared on GenBank. | ||
| - | EcoHealth Alliance denied that any sequences were kept out of [[GenBank]]. In response to a query, Daszak emailed an August 2020 Nature Communications article co-authored by EcoHealth and Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists, and wrote; “All sequences of SARS-related coronaviruses discovered by EcoHealth Alliance in China were sequenced using NIH funding and have been made public in peer-reviewed scientific papers and via the publicly available Genbank database. The Genbank accession numbers for over 600 sequences can be found in the attached paper. Two further sequences were identified and submitted separately to NIH on 11/ | + | EcoHealth Alliance denied that any sequences were kept out of [[:GenBank]]. In response to a query, Daszak emailed an August 2020 Nature Communications article co-authored by EcoHealth and [[:Wuhan Institute of Virology]] scientists, and wrote; “All sequences of SARS-related coronaviruses discovered by EcoHealth Alliance in China were sequenced using NIH funding and have been made public in peer-reviewed scientific papers and via the publicly available Genbank database. The Genbank accession numbers for over 600 sequences can be found in the attached paper. Two further sequences were identified and submitted separately to NIH on 11/ |
| - | All four batches of documents USRTK obtained by public records requests to UC Davis – including the most recent one, which as reported on in this article – are available here - FOI documents on origins of Covid-19, [[gain-of-function]] research and biolabs documents on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs | + | All four batches of documents |
| ==== Media ==== | ==== Media ==== | ||
| === Fact Checker === | === Fact Checker === | ||
| - | Daszak served as [[Facebook]] fact checker during the early weeks of the pandemic when the origins debate was hot and counterpoints to the zoonotic origins story were being suppressed.((June 1, 2021 | [[Red State]] | [[https:// | + | Daszak served as [[:Facebook]] fact checker during the early weeks of the pandemic when the origins debate was hot and counterpoints to the zoonotic origins story were being suppressed.((June 1, 2021 | [[Red State]] | [[https:// |
| === Vanity Fair === | === Vanity Fair === | ||
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| By Katherine Eban June 3, 2021 | By Katherine Eban June 3, 2021 | ||
| - | On February 19, 2020, The Lancet, among the most respected and influential medical journals in the world, published a statement that roundly rejected the lab-leak hypothesis, effectively casting it as a xenophobic cousin to climate change denialism and anti-vaxxism. Signed by 27 scientists, the statement expressed “solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China” and asserted: “We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.” | + | On February 19, 2020, [[:The Lancet]], among the most respected and influential medical journals in the world, published a statement that roundly rejected the lab-leak hypothesis, effectively casting it as a xenophobic cousin to climate change denialism and anti-vaxxism. Signed by 27 scientists, the statement expressed “solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China” and asserted: “We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.” |
| The Lancet statement effectively ended the debate over COVID-19’s origins before it began. To Gilles Demaneuf, following along from the sidelines, it was as if it had been “nailed to the church doors,” establishing the natural origin theory as orthodoxy. “Everyone had to follow it. Everyone was intimidated. That set the tone.” | The Lancet statement effectively ended the debate over COVID-19’s origins before it began. To Gilles Demaneuf, following along from the sidelines, it was as if it had been “nailed to the church doors,” establishing the natural origin theory as orthodoxy. “Everyone had to follow it. Everyone was intimidated. That set the tone.” | ||
| - | The statement struck Demaneuf as “totally nonscientific.” To him, it seemed to contain no evidence or information. And so he decided to begin his own inquiry in a “proper” way, with no idea of what he would find. With disreputable wing nuts on one side of them and scornful experts on the other, the [[DRASTIC]] researchers often felt as if they were on their own in the wilderness, working on the world’s most urgent mystery. They weren’t alone. | + | The statement struck Demaneuf as “totally nonscientific.” To him, it seemed to contain no evidence or information. And so he decided to begin his own inquiry in a “proper” way, with no idea of what he would find. With disreputable wing nuts on one side of them and scornful experts on the other, the [[:DRASTIC]] researchers often felt as if they were on their own in the wilderness, working on the world’s most urgent mystery. They weren’t alone. |
| - | In an internal memo obtained by Vanity Fair, Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the [[State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, | + | In an internal memo obtained by Vanity Fair, Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the [[:State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, |
| - | In late March, former [[Centers for Disease Control]] director [[Robert Redfield]] received death threats from fellow scientists after telling CNN that he believed COVID-19 had originated in a lab. “I was threatened and ostracized because I proposed another hypothesis, | + | In late March, former [[:Centers for Disease Control]] director [[:Robert Redfield]] received death threats from fellow scientists after telling CNN that he believed COVID-19 had originated in a lab. “I was threatened and ostracized because I proposed another hypothesis, |
| - | Then came the revelation that the Lancet statement was not only signed but organized by a zoologist named [[Peter Daszak]], who has repackaged U.S. government grants and allocated them to facilities conducting gain-of-function research—among them the WIV itself. [[David Asher]], now a senior fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]], | + | Then came the revelation that the Lancet statement was not only signed but organized by a zoologist named [[Peter Daszak]], who has repackaged U.S. government grants and allocated them to facilities conducting gain-of-function research—among them the WIV itself. [[:David Asher]], now a senior fellow at the [[:Hudson Institute]], |
| - | As officials at the meeting discussed what they could share with the public, they were advised by Christopher Park, the director of the [[State Department]]’s Biological Policy Staff in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, | + | As officials at the meeting discussed what they could share with the public, they were advised by Christopher Park, the director of the [[:State Department]]’s Biological Policy Staff in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, |
| - | As they combed open sources as well as classified information, | + | As they combed open sources as well as classified information, |
| - | This [[gain-of-function]] experiment was so fraught that the authors flagged the danger themselves, writing, “scientific review panels may deem similar studies…too risky to pursue.” In fact, the study was intended to raise an alarm and warn the world of “a potential risk of SARS-CoV re-emergence from viruses currently circulating in bat populations.” The paper’s acknowledgments cited funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and from a nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance, which had parceled out grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development [[USAID]]. EcoHealth Alliance is run by Peter Daszak, the zoologist who helped organize the Lancet statement. | + | This [[gain-of-function]] experiment was so fraught that the authors flagged the danger themselves, writing, “scientific review panels may deem similar studies…too risky to pursue.” In fact, the study was intended to raise an alarm and warn the world of “a potential risk of SARS-CoV re-emergence from viruses currently circulating in bat populations.” The paper’s acknowledgments cited funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and from a nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance, which had parceled out grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development [[:USAID]]. EcoHealth Alliance is run by Peter Daszak, the zoologist who helped organize the Lancet statement. |
| As they posted their findings, the [[DRASTIC]]((https:// | As they posted their findings, the [[DRASTIC]]((https:// | ||
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| By Ed Browne October 6, 2021 | By Ed Browne October 6, 2021 | ||
| - | EHA recently came under heavy scrutiny after a group of online researchers and correspondents known as the Decentralized Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19 [[DRASTIC]] published a 2018 proposal to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [[DARPA]] for research that would have involved enhancing viruses to study them. The documents could not be verified by Newsweek. | + | EHA recently came under heavy scrutiny after a group of online researchers and correspondents known as the Decentralized Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19 [[:DRASTIC]] published a 2018 proposal to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [[:DARPA]] for research that would have involved enhancing viruses to study them. The documents could not be verified by Newsweek. |
| A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as " | A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as " | ||
| - | On September 30, ten researchers from around the world, including four members of [[DRASTIC]], | + | On September 30, ten researchers from around the world, including four members of [[:DRASTIC]], signed a letter calling on the Board of EHA to remove Daszak from his position as president. As well as EHA officials, the letter was also addressed to individuals including National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci and Xavier Becerra, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
| - | Among the letter' | + | Among the letter' |
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| By Bruce Golding | By Bruce Golding | ||
| - | Peter Daszak, president of the New York City-based EcoHealth Alliance, secretly organized a statement issued by the influential British medical journal [[The Lancet]] in February 2020, according to Vanity Fair.((https:// | + | Peter Daszak, president of the New York City-based EcoHealth Alliance, secretly organized a statement issued by the influential British medical journal [[:The Lancet]] in February 2020, according to Vanity Fair.((https:// |
| A total of 27 scientists — including Daszak, 55, who trained as a zoologist — signed the statement, which expressed “solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China.” | A total of 27 scientists — including Daszak, 55, who trained as a zoologist — signed the statement, which expressed “solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China.” | ||
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| “We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin,” the statement affirmed | “We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin,” the statement affirmed | ||
| - | “[[Conspiracy theories]] do nothing but create fear, rumours, and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus.” | + | “[[:Conspiracy theories]] do nothing but create fear, rumours, and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus.” |
| - | During Daszak’s efforts to arrange the Lancet statement, he reportedly emailed two scientists, including Dr. [[Ralph Baric]] of the [[University of North Carolina]], who’d worked with the lead coronavirus researcher at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, located at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. | + | During Daszak’s efforts to arrange the Lancet statement, he reportedly emailed two scientists, including Dr. [[:Ralph Baric]] of the [[:University of North Carolina]], who’d worked with the lead coronavirus researcher at China’s |
| - | Daszak told the scientists that they “should not sign this statement, so it has some distance from us and therefore doesn’t work in a counterproductive way,” Vanity Fair said, citing emails obtained by the group US Right to Know. | + | Daszak told the scientists that they “should not sign this statement, so it has some distance from us and therefore doesn’t work in a counterproductive way,” Vanity Fair said, citing emails obtained by the group [[: |
| “We’ll then put it out in a way that doesn’t link it back to our collaboration so we maximize an independent voice,” Daszak reportedly added. | “We’ll then put it out in a way that doesn’t link it back to our collaboration so we maximize an independent voice,” Daszak reportedly added. | ||
| - | Baric didn’t sign the Lancet statement, but last month was among 18 international scientists who signed a statement in Science Magazine calling for a “transparent, | + | Baric didn’t sign the Lancet statement, but last month was among 18 international scientists who signed a statement in [[:Science Magazine]] calling for a “transparent, |
| And while the Lancet statement included a claim that its signatories had “no competing interests, | And while the Lancet statement included a claim that its signatories had “no competing interests, | ||
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| supporting health professionals and physicians in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. | supporting health professionals and physicians in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| - | In this letter, the authors declared no competing interests. Some readers have questioned the validity of this disclosure, particularly as it relates to one of the authors, [[Peter Daszak]]. In line with guidance from the [[International Committee of Medical Journal Editors]], medical journals ask authors to report financial and non-financial relationships that may be relevant to interpreting the content of their manuscript. | + | In this letter, the authors declared no competing interests. Some readers have questioned the validity of this disclosure, particularly as it relates to one of the authors, [[:Peter Daszak]]. In line with guidance from the [[:International Committee of Medical Journal Editors]], medical journals ask authors to report financial and non-financial relationships that may be relevant to interpreting the content of their manuscript. |
| There may be differences in opinion as to what constitutes a competing interest. Transparent reporting allows readers to make judgments about these interests. Readers, in turn, have their own interests that could influence their evaluation of the work in question. With these facts in mind, The Lancet invited the 27 authors of the letter to re-evaluate their competing interests. Peter Daszak has expanded on his disclosure statements for three pieces relating to COVID-19 that he co-authored or contributed to in The Lancet—the February, 2020, Correspondence, | There may be differences in opinion as to what constitutes a competing interest. Transparent reporting allows readers to make judgments about these interests. Readers, in turn, have their own interests that could influence their evaluation of the work in question. With these facts in mind, The Lancet invited the 27 authors of the letter to re-evaluate their competing interests. Peter Daszak has expanded on his disclosure statements for three pieces relating to COVID-19 that he co-authored or contributed to in The Lancet—the February, 2020, Correspondence, | ||
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| - | All past and current funders are listed publicly, and full financial accounts are filed annually and published. EcoHealth Alliance' | + | All past and current funders are listed publicly, and full financial accounts are filed annually and published. EcoHealth Alliance' |
| Neither PD nor EcoHealth Alliance have received funding from the People' | Neither PD nor EcoHealth Alliance have received funding from the People' | ||
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| All federally funded subcontractees are assessed and approved by the respective US federal agencies in advance and all funding sources are acknowledged in scientific publications as appropriate. EcoHealth Alliance' | All federally funded subcontractees are assessed and approved by the respective US federal agencies in advance and all funding sources are acknowledged in scientific publications as appropriate. EcoHealth Alliance' | ||
| - | This work includes the identification of viral sequences in bat samples, and has resulted in the isolation of three bat SARS-related coronaviruses that are now used as reagents to test therapeutics and vaccines. It also includes the production of a small number of [[recombinant bat coronaviruses]] to analyse cell entry and other characteristics of bat coronaviruses for which only the genetic sequences are available. NIH reviewed the planned recombinant virus work and deemed it does not meet the criteria that would warrant further specific review by its [[Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight]] (P3CO) committee. All of EcoHealth Alliance' | + | This work includes the identification of viral sequences in bat samples, and has resulted in the isolation of three bat SARS-related coronaviruses that are now used as reagents to test therapeutics and vaccines. It also includes the production of a small number of [[:recombinant bat coronaviruses]] to analyse cell entry and other characteristics of bat coronaviruses for which only the genetic sequences are available. NIH reviewed the planned recombinant virus work and deemed it does not meet the criteria that would warrant further specific review by its [[:Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight]] (P3CO) committee. All of EcoHealth Alliance' |
| ==== Daszak the Victim Propaganda ==== | ==== Daszak the Victim Propaganda ==== | ||
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| Unlimited Hangout by Whitney Webb - July 31, 2021 ((https:// | Unlimited Hangout by Whitney Webb - July 31, 2021 ((https:// | ||
| - | In 1988, [[Michael Callahan]] started his first company called [[Rescue Medicine]].((https:// | + | In 1988, [[:Michael Callahan]] started his first company called [[:Rescue Medicine]].((https:// |
| - | Robert Danzig, Clinton’s Secretary of the Navy, credited Callahan with being “extremely good at connecting the military environment with mainstream public health“. Touted as one of Callahan’s “first high-level links to the military”, | + | [[:Robert Danzig]], Clinton’s Secretary of the Navy, credited Callahan with being “extremely good at connecting the military environment with mainstream public health“. Touted as one of Callahan’s “first high-level links to the military”, |
| - | His time with [[USAID]] would overlap with the start of his faculty appointments at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] – appointments he maintains to this day – and his participation in biological terrorism working groups at the [[National Academies of Sciences]], the [[Department of Defense]], and the [[Department of Homeland Security]]. | + | His time with [[:USAID]] would overlap with the start of his faculty appointments at [[:Massachusetts General Hospital]] – appointments he maintains to this day – and his participation in biological terrorism working groups at the [[:National Academies of Sciences]], the [[:Department of Defense]], and the [[:Department of Homeland Security]]. |
| - | A year later, in 2002, Callahan would be tapped by the [[State Department]]’s director for the [[Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation]] to serve as “clinical director for [[Cooperative Threat Reduction]] [CTR] programs” at six former [[Soviet Union Biological Weapons]] facilities as part of the Bioindustry Initiative [[BII]] program, where he was officially tasked with carrying out the stated goals of the mission, which entailed the **“reconfiguration of former biological weapons production facilities” in the former Soviet Union and the acceleration of “drug and vaccine production”**. | + | A year later, in 2002, Callahan would be tapped by the [[:State Department]]’s director for the [[:Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation]] to serve as “clinical director for [[:Cooperative Threat Reduction]] [CTR] programs” at six former [[:Soviet Union Biological Weapons]] facilities as part of the Bioindustry Initiative [[:BII]] program, where he was officially tasked with carrying out the stated goals of the mission, which entailed the **“reconfiguration of former biological weapons production facilities” in the former Soviet Union and the acceleration of “drug and vaccine production”**. |
| - | More specifically, | + | More specifically, |
| - | In 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $6.5 million contract to a company called [[EcoHealth Alliance]], Inc to carry out research on “the risk of bat-borne zoonotic disease emergence in Western Asia”. Journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva uncovered the Pentagon project, which focused on “genetic studies on coronaviruses in 5,000 bats collected in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Jordan”. | + | In 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $6.5 million contract to a company called [[:EcoHealth Alliance]], Inc to carry out research on “the risk of bat-borne zoonotic disease emergence in Western Asia”. Journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva uncovered the Pentagon project, which focused on “genetic studies on coronaviruses in 5,000 bats collected in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Jordan”. |
| Gaytandzhieva also detailed the multiple covert activities being carried out by the USG, such as American diplomats trafficking in blood and pathogens for a secret military program, as well as an instance in which a breakout of hemorrhagic fever in the area immediately surrounding the Center was traced back to experiments being carried out by Pentagon scientists on “tropical mosquitos and ticks“. | Gaytandzhieva also detailed the multiple covert activities being carried out by the USG, such as American diplomats trafficking in blood and pathogens for a secret military program, as well as an instance in which a breakout of hemorrhagic fever in the area immediately surrounding the Center was traced back to experiments being carried out by Pentagon scientists on “tropical mosquitos and ticks“. | ||
| - | Not coincidentally, | + | Not coincidentally, |
| - | Dennis Carroll, a former [[USAID]] director of emerging threats division who had led the U.S.’ response to Avian influenza (H5N1) in 2005, would go on to create [[PREDICT]], | + | Dennis Carroll, a former [[:USAID]] director of emerging threats division who had led the U.S.’ response to Avian influenza (H5N1) in 2005, would go on to create [[:PREDICT]], which partnered with a non-profit called EcoHealth Alliance to carry out its 9-year effort to catalog hundreds of thousands of biological samples, “including over 10,000 bats“. The aforementioned PREDICT-funded 2015 study on “diversity of coronavirus in bats” by Wacharapluesadee and Callahan also included Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, among its participants. |
| Daszak, a regular advisor to WHO on pathogen prioritization for R&D, Carroll and Joana Mazet – former global director for USAID’s PREDICT – all joined together in 2016 to form the [[Global Virome Project]]; a “10-year collaborative scientific initiative to **discover unknown zoonotic viral threats** and stop future pandemics”. | Daszak, a regular advisor to WHO on pathogen prioritization for R&D, Carroll and Joana Mazet – former global director for USAID’s PREDICT – all joined together in 2016 to form the [[Global Virome Project]]; a “10-year collaborative scientific initiative to **discover unknown zoonotic viral threats** and stop future pandemics”. | ||
| - | Mazet was also co-director of [[UC Davis]]’ One Health program, which recruited Dr. [[Wacharapluesadee]] and her team in Thailand to conduct a multi-year research project on bats. They are joined by Edward Rubin of Metabiota Inc, a recipient of Callahan’s PROPHECY funds at DARPA and, notably, an $18.4 million DTRA contract award for scientific research and consulting work in Ukraine and the [[Lugar Center]] in the Republic of Georgia. Metabiota was accused by the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium in 2014 of violating their contract and engaging in dangerous blood culturing work at a lab in Africa, as well as misdiagnosing patients. | + | Mazet was also co-director of [[:UC Davis]]’ One Health program, which recruited Dr.[[:Wacharapluesadee]] and her team in Thailand to conduct a multi-year research project on bats. They are joined by Edward Rubin of Metabiota Inc, a recipient of Callahan’s PROPHECY funds at [[:DARPA]] and, notably, an $18.4 million |
| - | EcoHealth’s Executive Vice President, [[William Karesh]], links directly back to the very top of the U.S. biodefense establishment, | + | EcoHealth’s Executive Vice President, [[:William Karesh]], links directly back to the very top of the U.S. biodefense establishment, |
| ===== Congressional Investigation ===== | ===== Congressional Investigation ===== | ||
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| * JPCM Confidential Notice on the Standardization of the Management of Publication of Novel | * JPCM Confidential Notice on the Standardization of the Management of Publication of Novel | ||
| * Coronavirus Pneumonia Scientific Research........................................................................................72 | * Coronavirus Pneumonia Scientific Research........................................................................................72 | ||
| - | * February 6, 2020, Email at 12:43am from Peter Daszak to Ralph Baric, Linfa Wang, and Others | + | * February 6, 2020, Email at 12:43am from Peter Daszak to [[:Ralph Baric]], Linfa Wang, and Others |
| * Inviting Them to Sign the Statement....................................................................................................78 | * Inviting Them to Sign the Statement....................................................................................................78 | ||
| - | * February 6, 2020, Email at 3:16pm from Peter Daszak to Ralph Baric Relaying Wang’s Request Not | + | * February 6, 2020, Email at 3:16pm from [[:Peter Daszak]] to Ralph Baric Relaying Wang’s Request Not |
| * to Sign the Statement............................................................................................................................82 | * to Sign the Statement............................................................................................................................82 | ||
| - | * February 8, 2020, Email at 8:52pm from Peter Daszak to Rita Colwell Alleging WIV Researchers | + | * February 8, 2020, Email at 8:52pm from Peter Daszak to [[:Rita Colwell]] Alleging WIV Researchers |
| * Requested the Statement.......................................................................................................................83 | * Requested the Statement.......................................................................................................................83 | ||
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| * 2021 statement, walking back their labeling of public debate around the source of the virus | * 2021 statement, walking back their labeling of public debate around the source of the virus | ||
| * as “[[conspiracy theories]].” end p66 ((https:// | * as “[[conspiracy theories]].” end p66 ((https:// | ||
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| + | ==== Pandemic Cash Cow ==== | ||
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| + | Wuhan Collaborator Peter Daszak Demands Nearly $1 TRILLION To Fund ‘Pandemic Prevention’ Efforts. | ||
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| + | [[EcoHealth Alliance]] President Peter Daszak – who used research grants administered by Anthony Fauci to collaborate with the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] – has demanded that President Joe Biden invest nearly $1 trillion into “pandemic prevention, | ||
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| + | Daszak, born and educated in the United Kingdom, is infamous for his work with Chinese Communist Party collaborators at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the subsequent cover-up of COVID-19’s origins. | ||
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| + | Now, the disgraced scientist is demanding the U.S. taxpayer shoulder the burden of protecting against his work manipulating “killer” pathogens by funding new “protections” to the tune of nearly one trillion dollars over the coming years. | ||
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| + | The sizable ask is made in a new opinion editorial published by Fortune magazine, and comes amidst ongoing scrutiny over Daszak’s research in conjunction with the Chinese lab suspected by many as being responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak. | ||
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| + | Despite this, Daszak is doubling down with his calls for earmarking massive amounts of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund his research purportedly aimed at “pandemic prevention.”((https:// | ||
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| + | ==== Peter Daszik Shake Down ==== | ||
| + | Here’s how much the Biden administration should be investing in infrastructure to prevent another pandemic | ||
| + | By Kevin Berr, David Finnoff, Richard Horan, and [[Peter Daszak]] | ||
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| + | April 11, 2022 | ||
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| + | The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but it cannot blind policymakers: | ||
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| + | Even more alarmingly, the rate at which these diseases are spilling over into our population is increasing each year. | ||
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| + | COVID-19, the first truly global high-impact pandemic of the 21st century, is a warning siren to the risks that continue to grow because of environmental change, globalized travel and trade, and the lack of effective prevention policies. It could finally motivate wise investments and effective risk management measures to avoid future catastrophes. | ||
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| + | We’ve looked closely at this issue and explored what these investments should look like, as well as the economic gains they could generate for the U.S. The Biden administration clearly needs to invest much more money to prevent and prepare for another pandemic. | ||
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| + | A National Research Council report after the 2014 [[Ebola]] outbreak emphasized the lack of preparedness and the need for investments in preparation. In the wake of COVID-19, multiple reviews suggest that preparedness deficiencies were a significant factor in the economic and health impacts experienced in developed countries. | ||
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| + | Under reasonable assumptions, | ||
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| ===== Additional Documentation ===== | ===== Additional Documentation ===== | ||
| * Grant 12891702 application((September 17, 2019 | OMB number 4040-0001 | EcoHealth Alliance application Grant 12891702 | [[chrome-extension:// | * Grant 12891702 application((September 17, 2019 | OMB number 4040-0001 | EcoHealth Alliance application Grant 12891702 | [[chrome-extension:// | ||
| + | ===== Links to sort ===== | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||