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Republican-led U.S. Congressional report findings on COVID’s origins explained
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Republican-led U.S. Congressional report findings on COVID’s origins explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: A U.S. Congressional committee led by Republican Brad Wenstrup has concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of the spread of a virus that likely leaked from a research facility in Wuhan, China. For example, it quotes an unclassified factsheet from January 2021 published by the U.S. State Department that said: “The U.S. government has …

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Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering
1 month ago

Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering

LA Times  

Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and examined more than 1 million pages of documents. A declassified report issued in June 2023 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI — which oversees the entire intelligence community — found …

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Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says

Daily Mail  

Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were 'obviously' the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said. Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, central China, with differing theories among scientists over whether it could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a wet market in the region. Covid-19 emerged …

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US documents sharpen lens on China’s Wuhan lab amid post-Covid scrutiny of coronavirus research
1 month, 4 weeks ago

US documents sharpen lens on China’s Wuhan lab amid post-Covid scrutiny of coronavirus research

Firstpost  

Researchers funded by the US government left pathogen samples abroad without safeguards or arrangements for their return and were not aware of work being done by Chinese researchers, according to documents recently made public Amid yearslong scrutiny of risky viral research in China since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, newly-released documents have flagged more safety and transparency issues around …

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Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to Wuhan lab
3 months, 1 week ago

Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with connections to China. The University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute has published research and worked with scientists from China's infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same lab the FBI concluded was likely the birthplace of COVID. Now, a worried Republican is demanding the Institute, …

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Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military

Daily Mail  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with connections to China. The University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute has published research and worked with scientists from China's infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same lab the FBI concluded was likely the birthplace of COVID. She hunted down dozens of deadly COVID-like viruses …

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US scientist and family on ‘kill list’ after working with Chinese scientists
3 months, 1 week ago

US scientist and family on ‘kill list’ after working with Chinese scientists

The Telegraph  

A leading British zoologist has said he faced death threats and his family appeared in an online ‘‘kill list’’ during a sustained wave of harassment over his work with Chinese scientists on virus research. Dr Peter Daszak, head of the US-based EcoHealth Alliance, told the South China Morning Post that he had experienced a “medieval” witch hunt from critics of …

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Column: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic
8 months, 1 week ago

Column: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic

LA Times  

Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, defended himself and his organization from three hours of uninformed attacks Wednesday from a GOP-dominated House subcommittee. As the pandemic developed, Daszak told the committee in his opening statement Wednesday, “our organization, staff, and even my own family were often targeted with false allegations, death threats, break-ins, media harassment, and other damaging acts.” One …

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Covid DID come from Wuhan lab, says new analysis of patients, records and virus' makeup: '70% chance'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid DID come from Wuhan lab, says new analysis of patients, records and virus' makeup: '70% chance'

Daily Mail  

Researchers used a risk tool to determine chance Covid was of 'unnatural' origin After being denounced as a conspiracy for years, the Covid lab leak hypothesis is now considered the most likely origin of the virus, according to a new analysis. Shi Zhengli - dubbed the 'Bat Lady' or 'Bat Woman' for her work on bat coronaviruses - investigated the …

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China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of US funding for violating biosafety rules
1 year, 3 months ago

China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of US funding for violating biosafety rules

The Telegraph  

In the months before the pandemic, the institute had registered patents for repairs to ventilation symptoms and broken seals and is believed to have worked on viruses at inappropriate biosafety levels. “WIV has not acknowledged the violations, has not cooperated with the government to address the violations, has not accepted responsibility for the violations, and therefore presumably has taken no …

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Column: U.S. government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: U.S. government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists

LA Times  

Security personnel stand outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the focus of conspiracy theorists about the origin of COVID-19. The intelligence report says that both hypotheses “remain plausible.” But anyone with the slightest capability for critical thinking will see from the text that it comes down against the lab-leak hypothesis. The intelligence report says the researchers’ symptoms were “consistent with …

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Top WHO virologist admits agency should NEVER have dismissed lab leak theory as being implausible
1 year, 6 months ago

Top WHO virologist admits agency should NEVER have dismissed lab leak theory as being implausible

Daily Mail  

But she said ranking theories 'was not smart' and the lab leak cannot be ruled out In March 2021 the WHO confirmed the lab leak theory was 'extremely unlikely' The World Health Organisation should never have dismissed the Covid lab leak theory in favour of Beijing's frozen food origin story, one of the agency's most senior officials claimed today. The …

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China's 'bat woman' feared Covid could have escaped from her Wuhan lab
1 year, 7 months ago

China's 'bat woman' feared Covid could have escaped from her Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Colleagues said the virologist spent 'sleepless nights' working to rule out a leak China's own 'bat woman' feared Covid could have leaked from inside her secretive laboratory, insiders claimed today. Professor Wang Linfa, described as a friend of hers by the BBC, said the respected scientist spent 'sleepless nights' combing through frozen virus samples at the WIV, fearing 'what might …

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Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab
1 year, 10 months ago

Emails show Dr. Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci commissioned and edited the report he cited to disprove the lab leak theory, House Republicans found Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned a February 2020 paper to disprove the possibility that COVID originated in a lab — before publicizing the study at a White House news conference weeks later. Newly-released emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci commissioned the report …

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Bombshell report: Was Covid caused by a lab leak after all?
1 year, 11 months ago

Bombshell report: Was Covid caused by a lab leak after all?

Daily Mail  

The NIH was blasted today by an official watchdog for failing to keep tabs on US- A report by the US Office of Inspector General found the country's medical research agency did not properly review whether the tests in Wuhan involved dangerous pathogens with pandemic potential. Lab leak 632 votes Natural spillover 32 votes Other 34 votes Now share your …

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Andrew Huff’s new book explains why even lab leak conspiracy theorists didn't afford him a higher profile
2 years ago

Andrew Huff’s new book explains why even lab leak conspiracy theorists didn't afford him a higher profile

Raw Story  

Imagine if Dwight Schrute of The Office worked in global health instead of paper sales. That’s how Dr. Andrew G. Huff comes across in his new book The Truth About Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Greatest Lie in History. The EHA looms large in the fevered imaginations of lab leak boosters, because it’s a nexus between the US government, the …

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Fauci's fall from grace: From orchestrating lockdowns to playing down the lab leak theory
2 years, 1 month ago

Fauci's fall from grace: From orchestrating lockdowns to playing down the lab leak theory

Daily Mail  

The top doctor has flip-flopped on masks and over-egged effectiveness of shot He has been criticized for U-turning on key policies throughout the pandemic Dr Anthony Fauci, 81, stood down today after a mega 54-year stint at the NIH Dr Anthony Fauci officially stood down from his government roles today after four decades spearheading America's response to infectious disease threats. …

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Who IS Peter Daszak?
2 years, 3 months ago

Who IS Peter Daszak?

Daily Mail  

One of the most stringent deniers of the man-made hypothesis is British zoologist Dr Peter Daszak, who is known among friends as a 'funny northerner' but considered a potential orchestrator of the pandemic by advocates of the lab-leak theory The debate around the origins of Covid has been ongoing since the virus first began causing chaos in early 2020. In …

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Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock narrowly misses out on Helmsley stage win
2 years, 4 months ago

Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock narrowly misses out on Helmsley stage win

The Independent  

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Is this finally proof China created Covid?
3 years, 2 months ago

Is this finally proof China created Covid?

Daily Mail  

Viral, a gripping new book by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley, probes at the heart of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19 and the question preoccupying scientists around the world. Aerial view shows the P4 laboratory, left, on the campus of the now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology in China's central Hubei province But by August 2020, with information …

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Scientists who declined COVID-19 leak theory linked to Wuhan lab, Chinese researchers: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Scientists who declined COVID-19 leak theory linked to Wuhan lab, Chinese researchers: Report

India TV News  

Scientists who declined the theory that COVID-19 leaked from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology had connections to the infamous lab, according to media reports. The Lancet letter, signed by 27 scientists and initiated by British zoologist Peter Daszak, effectively shut down the scientific debate into whether coronavirus was manipulated or leaked from the Chinese lab. The recent US intelligence report …

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Comply for new probe: WHO to China amidst US' claim Covid-19 modified at Wuhan lab
3 years, 5 months ago

Comply for new probe: WHO to China amidst US' claim Covid-19 modified at Wuhan lab

India TV News  

Amidst the World Health Organization calling for China to allow for the phase two probe into the origin of Covid-19, a top Texas Republican on the House of Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, on August 1 said it had obtained new evidence that Chinas Wuhan Institute of Virology created the virus and dismissed the claim that it originated from bats. …

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China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' for COVID-19 as virus makes comeback after a year
3 years, 5 months ago

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' for COVID-19 as virus makes comeback after a year

India TV News  

All residents in China's Wuhan will now be tested for COVID-19, authorities in the city said on Tuesday. The development comes after reports said the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 has spread to 18 provinces of China, with fresh cases emerging in capital Beijing on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference, senior Wuhan official Li Tao Tuesday said …

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Covid-19 virus leaked from China's Wuhan lab: US Republican report
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 virus leaked from China's Wuhan lab: US Republican report

India TV News  

The Covid-19 pandemic emerged from a genetically modified virus that leaked from the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to an investigation by the US House of Representatives Republicans into the origins of Covid-19, released on Monday. Once dismissed as conspiracy, the "lab leak theory" has recently gained steam with scientists across the world demanding fresh probes into the Covid-19 …

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