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DRASTIC
Decentralized Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19)
The Origin of SARS-CoV-2 is a Riddle-
DRASTIC Team
Meet the Twitter Detectives Who Aim To Solve It
- Twitter Billy Bostickson
- Twitter Ico Dna
- Twitter waittwoweeks
- Twitter Daoyu
- Twitter Chris de Z
- Twitter Coronavirus Movie
- Twitter Carl
- Twitter Jess
- Twitter Anthony Bellotti
- Twitter Gilles Demaneuf
- Twitter Where is Huang Yan Ling?
- Twitter Lab Leak
- Twitter #GalileoPrinciple
- Twitter Luigi Warren
- Twitter Jack Ward
- Twitter jjcouey
- Twitter Rads
- Twitter Sherlock G.Nomes
- Twitter Francesco Esposito
Many D.R.A.S.T.I.C. Members, especially “China Experts” and Scientists prefer to operate anonymously due to privacy, security and professional concerns, and are thus not listed on this page 1)
Whistleblower Submissions
To be safe, please create your own Proton e-mail address at protonmail.com. Once you have your proton email address, please use the Proton Mail web interface to send us an email to drasticgroup@protonmail.com.
The key is to use Proton Mail on your side too so that all the email communications are fully done within Proton. Do not send us an email from your usual email address.
Why Proton Mail? Because it is fully hosted in Switzerland and uses encryption at all steps. Just remember: do not save your Proton Mail password in your browser.2)
DRASTIC Research Archive
- The October Surprise in Wuhan
- 83 Questions for Dr. Ralph Baric
- The “Second Peak” Papers – Part 1 Findings
- 2nd Peak Papers Part 2 Overview and Analysis
- SARS-CoV-2′s claimed natural origin is undermined by issues with genome sequences of its relative strains
- An analysis of the results of routine employee testing for SARS-like infections within the WIV and other Wuhan labs raises serious issues about their validity
- 3. Wuhan Laboratories, Bat Research And Biosafety
- Understanding COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza as Quasispecies Mutant Swarms Reveals the Quantum Origins and Cryptic Fates of Human Pandemics
- Unexpected novel Merbecovirus discoveries in agricultural sequencing datasets from Wuhan, China
- Should we discount the laboratory origin of COVID-19?
- Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Co
- 2. Investigation of RaTG13 And The 7896 Clade
- 1. Proposed Forensic Investigation of Wuhan Laboratories
- An Investigation into the WIV Databases that were Taken Offline 3)
Shortcuts
The DARPA DEFUSE documents are available here 4) our analysis of these documents is here 5) and Simon Wain-Hobson’s analysis is here 6)
SARS-COV-2 Laboratory Leak Hypothesis
Guest Post by Andrew Tuntable, Ph. D. Email: atuntable@gmail.com Twitter: @atuntable
SARS-COV-2 Laboratory Leak Hypothesis
- The Lab Leak Hypothesis
- The Importance of the Hypothesis
- Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- Summary of the Evidence
- Geography
- Natural precursors
- Laboratory Leaks
- Chimera
- Furin Cleavage Site
- Database Removal and Obfuscation
- Sick WIV Workers
- Eco Health Alliance and NIH Research Grants
- Early Contact Tracing
- Chinese Reaction
Rebuttal of the Lab Leak Hypothesis
- Linage A and B
- RaTG13 is Too Different
- The Furin Cleavage Site Encoding
- Engineering SARS-COV-2 is Beyond Current Technology
- The WIV Cannot Disprove a Leak
- Researchers Became Infected Inside the Caves
- Danielle Andersen
- Chinese Bioweapons Program
- Wuhan World Military Games
Reactions to the Lab Leak Hypothesis
- Andersen Paper
- Peter Daszak Letter
- WHO Investigation
- Biden Investigation
- Ralph Baric Letter
- Political Environment
- Trump Administration
- Anthony Fauci and Gain of Function
- The Virology Community
Gain of Function Research
Conclusion Annotated Biography
The Lab Leak Hypothesis
Virologists study dangerous viruses. They collect them from the wild, they study them in labs, and they genetically engineer them. One goal of their research is to help prevent future pandemics.
However, viruses have escaped from laboratories around the world on several occasions. New techniques for bioengineering can enable dangerous viruses to be created in research laboratories.
Previous pandemics such as SARS and MERS have arisen naturally as viruses jump from species to species and evolve through natural selection. The lab leak hypothesis proposes that the SARS-COV-2 virus responsible for Covid-19 did not arise naturally but escaped from a virology laboratory, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) [Segreto20] [Deigin21].
The Importance of the Hypothesis
If SARS-COV-2 did result from a lab leak then such research needs to be much more carefully controlled in order to prevent any future outbreak of an even more potent virus.
There is no suggestion that the leak was deliberate. The Wuhan Institute of Virology published their impressive results and collaborated openly with other virologists around the world. For example, their chief scientist Shi Zhengli collaborated closely with Ralph Baric of the University of North Carolina. The Wuhan Institute of Virology is a well respected member of the international community of virologists.
Until recently, any suggestion of a laboratory leak was discounted as an unsubstantiated far right conspiracy theory. However, as more and more evidence has accumulated many leading scientists now consider the theory plausible if not proven.
This paper should not be viewed as an attack on China. But rather, it provides a strong motivation to review the practice of virology internationally. Beyond Reasonable Doubt
There will never be a mathematical proof that SARS-COV-2 is the result of a laboratory leak.
However there is now a large body of evidence to support a leak hypothesis. Taken collectively we believe that it proves the hypothesis well beyond any reasonable doubt. But the reader is encouraged to review the evidence and draw their own conclusions.
There is no absolute proof. But there is most certainly plenty of evidence.
=== Summary of the Evidence ===8)