{"id":67921,"date":"2021-06-04T10:21:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67921"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:21:25","slug":"you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-unless-youre-the-lancet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67921","title":{"rendered":"You can&#8217;t make this stuff up!  Unless you&#8217;re THE LANCET."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Scientist At Center Of Lab Leak Controversy Put In Charge Of The Lancet\u2019s Task Force To Investigate Virus Origin<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>ANYBODY but this guy would be more suitable<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/h3>\n<p>Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_67922\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67922\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67922\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231072709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231072709.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231072709-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231072709-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WHO team member Peter Daszak leaves his hotel after the World Health Organization (WHO) team wrapped up its investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China&#8217;s central Hubei province on February 10, 2021. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL \/ AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Revered scientific journal The Lancet has created a \u2018task force\u2019 to investigate the origins of the coronavirus that caused a global pandemic, yet it has decided to employ as its leader the very guy who funded the dangerous gain of function research at the Wuhan lab and subsequently allegedly \u2018bullied\u2019 other scientists into avoiding looking into the lab as a potential source of the outbreak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of renewed scrutiny of the lab leak hypothesis, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19commission.org\/origins-of-the-pandemic\">Lancet\u2019s task force<\/a>\u00a0will reportedly \u201cfocus on analyzing data on all of the theories put forward on the origins of COVID, on the reasons why SARS-CoV-2 was able to break out of Wuhan and spread globally, and on the most plausible strategies to prevent future pandemics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also states that \u201cThe Task Force will review thoroughly and objectively all publicly available evidence, particularly the peer-reviewed literature, and conduct interviews with key leaders in science, medicine, policy and civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Objectively\u2019. Right.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Peter Daszak, who is heading up this task force, is perhaps the least suitable scientist on the planet to objectively analyse the data, given his track record.<\/p>\n<p>Daszak, as President of the EcoHealth Alliance, shovelled at least $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the past few years to play around with coronaviruses inside the lab through the now infamous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4936131\/\">\u2018gain of function\u2019 research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daszak, who also works for the World Health Organisation, is on record admitting that he was involved with manipulating coronaviruses. Here is a video of him talking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2019\/12\/singapore-conference-explored-global-threat-nipah-virus\">in DECEMBER 2019<\/a>\u00a0about how \u2018good\u2019 the viruses are for altering in a lab:<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdYDL_RK--w?start=1650\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>Daszak notes that \u201ccoronaviruses are pretty good\u2026 you can manipulate them in the lab pretty easily\u2026\u00a0the spiked proteins drive a lot about what happens. You can get the sequence you can build the protein, we work with Ralph Baric at UNC to do this, insert into the backbone of another virus and do some work in a lab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No wonder then that Daszak as lead investigator for the WHO investigation \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/02\/09\/who-absolves-china-of-blame-for-covid-after-visiting-virus-lab-for-just-3-hours\/\">determined within 3 hours of visiting the Wuhan lab<\/a>\u00a0in February 2021 that there was \u2018nothing to see here\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Recently released emails now document that Daszak thanked Dr Fauci for dismissing the lab leak theory before any scientific research had been done on the possibility.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77627\" src=\"https:\/\/api-assets.infowars.com\/2021\/06\/email-fauci-daczak-lies.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Daszak was later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciencefeedback.co\/claimreview\/scientific-evidence-indicates-virus-that-causes-covid-19-infection-is-of-natural-origin-not-the-result-of-human-engineering\/\">employed as an \u2018expert fact checker\u2019 by Facebook<\/a>\u00a0when it was monitoring and removing \u2018misinformation\u2019 about the origins of COVID on its platform, much of which was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/28\/former-state-dept-investigator-there-was-almost-no-evidence-for-natural-source-of-covid\/\">credible scientific research<\/a>. Facebook has since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/05\/27\/facebook-reverses-ban-on-claims-covid-was-man-made-months-after-asserting-it-was-debunked\/\">reversed the policy<\/a>\u00a0of banning any posts containing information suggesting COVID-19 was \u201cman-made\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Daszak\u2019s Twitter profile is basically one long \u2018it came from bats not a lab\u2019 thread, much to the annoyance of some other scientists:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1257661836125712389&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F06%2F04%2Fscientist-at-center-of-lab-leak-controversy-put-in-charge-of-the-lancets-task-force-to-investigate-virus-origin%2F&amp;sessionId=7b1cb4f8b0cb0d8775ac4392631c7c9b09d03f80&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1257661836125712389\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Why does this guy keep getting put in charge of investigations, task forces and \u2018fact checking\u2019, when it\u2019s abundantly clear that he has the biggest motive to dismiss the lab leak notion?<\/p>\n<p>As microbiologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4119101\">Professor Richard Ebright has noted<\/a>, \u201cDaszak was the contractor who funded the laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that potentially was the source of the virus with subcontracts from $200million [\u00a3142million] from the US Department of State and $7million [\u00a35million] from the US National Institutes of Health and he was a collaborator and co-author on research projects at the laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daszak has already lied about the type of research that was being conducted at the Wuhan lab, claiming, after the outbreak happened, that he didn\u2019t know if it was gain of function or not. His own previous statements, and the Fauci emails prove he knew full well what was going on in the lab.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9649259\/Doctor-warned-pandemic-coming-slammed-having-conflict-interest.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0and other outlets, Daszak \u201corchestrated a \u2018bullying\u2019 campaign and coerced top scientists into signing off on a letter to The Lancet aimed at removing blame for Covid-19 from the Wuhan lab he was funding with US money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daszak used his influence to get the journal to publish the letter, which stated that to even suggest the lab leak theory had any credibility was equal to spreading\u00a0\u201cfear, rumours, and prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It effetely shut down discussion among the scientific \u2018consensus\u2019 of the lab leak potential\u00a0<em>for a whole year<\/em>\u00a0until intelligence findings brought the matter back to the attention of the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>WHO scientific advisor Jamie Metzl described Daszak\u2019s letter as \u201cscientific propaganda and a form of thuggery and intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy labelling anyone with different views a conspiracy theorist, the Lancet letter was the worst form of bullying in full contravention of the scientific method,\u201d Metzl added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter further stated that \u201cWe stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that Covid-19 does not have a natural origin,\u201d and even had the audacity to state that \u201cWe declare no competing interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Daszak had made sure that the letter would be devoid of any link to EcoHealth, and even considered leaving his own name off it, emails released via the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse, the other members of The Lancet\u2019s task force are practically all minions of Daszak, some of whom helped him draft the letter that unequivocally stated the lab leak theory was dangerous, and others who either worked with him on \u2018fact checking\u2019 for Facebook, or were cited as sources during that activity.<\/p>\n<p>Taking all this into account, it is obvious what the outcome of The Lancet\u2019s inquiry will be, and it should not and cannot be used as credible evidence against the lab leak theory.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/06\/04\/scientist-at-center-of-lab-leak-controversy-put-in-charge-of-the-lancets-task-force-to-investigate-virus-origin\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/06\/04\/scientist-at-center-of-lab-leak-controversy-put-in-charge-of-the-lancets-task-force-to-investigate-virus-origin\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientist At Center Of Lab Leak Controversy Put In Charge Of The Lancet\u2019s Task Force To Investigate Virus Origin ANYBODY but this guy would be more suitable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}