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More work also needs to be done to understand "the possible role of the cold chain, frozen products in the introduction of the virus over a distance\u201d, says @Peterfoodsafety.
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) February 9, 2021
Not too confident that this @who team has much insight to the lab leak hypothesis - the WIV’s SARS research was done at BL2 and BL3 all these years, not BL4. Team could benefit from a lab leak/biosecurity expert weighing in on their report.
Team also looked at the BSL4 lab in Wuhan Institute of Virology and "it was very unlikely that anything could escape from such a place\u201d, says @Peterfoodsafety.
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) February 9, 2021
So the team says the virus was spreading before the Huanan market but that intermediate host is still the most likely #originsofcovid I’m keen to see the evidence that points to an intermediate host. Also, no mention of pangolins now? #pangolinpapers
Picture becoming clearer of Huanan market being just part of the spread of #sarscov2 in Wuhan in December, says @Peterfoodsafety. \u201cIt was not just only a cluster outbreak in the Huanan market, but the virus was also circulating outside of the market."
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) February 9, 2021
Full press conference 2 hours here - see everyone on the other side...
Thanks @WHO and also for endorsing the frozen food origins hypothesis. I imagine it’s raining bonuses in China now for reporters: “WHO will investigate how killer virus that caused the covid pandemic may have first arrived in Wuhan, China via imported frozen fish...” https://t.co/5uKwqNYHA3

Beijing has now successfully managed to both host an international investigation and suppress the lab leak theory
— Dr Filippa Lentzos (@FilippaLentzos) February 9, 2021
@NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 1. From Day 1, SARS-COV-2 was very well adapted to humans .....and transgenic hACE2 Mice
1. From Day 1, SARS-COV-2 was very well adapted to humans .....and transgenic hACE2 Mice
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 30, 2021
"we generated a mouse model expressing hACE2 by using CRISPR/Cas9 knockin technology. In comparison with wild-type C57BL/6 mice, both young & aged hACE2 mice sustained high viral loads... pic.twitter.com/j94XtSkscj
@NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 2. High Probability of serial passaging in Transgenic Mice expressing hACE2 in genesis of SARS-COV-2
1. High Probability of serial passaging in Transgenic Mice expressing hACE2 in genesis of SARS-COV-2!
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 2, 2021
2 papers:
Human\u2013viral molecular mimicryhttps://t.co/irfH0Zgrve
Molecular Mimicryhttps://t.co/yLQoUtfS6s https://t.co/lsCv2iMEQz
@NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad B.1.1.7 has an unusually large number of genetic changes, ... found to date in mouse-adapted SARS-CoV2 and is also seen in ferret infections.
https://t.co/9Z4oJmkcKj

@NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad We adapted a clinical isolate of SARS-CoV-2 by serial passaging in the ... Thus, this mouse-adapted strain and associated challenge model should be ... (B) SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA loads in mouse lung homogenates at P0 to P6.
https://t.co/I90OOCJg7o

1. Earlier stories collated
1. A little DRASTIC Project you may be able to help with?
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 3, 2021
We want to collate all references to DRASTIC in academic papers & media articles
Here are a few:
medium article by @emmecola
thorough report by @netpoette@ColinDavdButler 's Paper
Please add any links to this thread. Tks! pic.twitter.com/4ApXIYeDem
2. More examples in same thread start
3. More References
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 3, 2021
Papers & Blog Posts by @Harvard2H (Sirotkin & Sirotkin)
260 Questions for WHO collated by @billybostickson
If you find mentions of our individual names or "DRASTIC" in Papers or News, please forward here to this thread as links or screenshots.
3. Contributed stories
2. More References
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 3, 2021
Papers by @MonaRahalkar and @BahulikarRahul
Papers by @Rossana38510044 and @ydeigin
Medium articles & papers by@gdemaneuf & @Rdemaistre
Papers by @flavinkins (Daoyu Zhang)
Papers by "Anon" & "interneperson"
French News - le Monde
Can anyone remember any more?
4. Washington Post (February 5th 2021)
We’re still missing the origin story of this pandemic.
China is sitting on the answers.
https://t.co/N77RUN38vs
Archived: https://t.co/FoahR3iSRw

5. Sky News - DRASTIC Petition on TV
World 'not impressed' by WHO's COVID-19 origins report
https://t.co/MKMZWk6cM8
Members @gdemaneuf and @MonaRahalkar speak out

WHO team chatted w Wuhan scientists, voted if lab origins were likely. This doesn't count as an investigation into #laborigins I hope @WHO knows that. "you don't want to jump to a conclusion based on several hours of conversation with Chinese
Jesse Bloom, virologist @fredhutch "surprised to see some members of the team dismiss the accidental lab leak theory while seeming to suggest, without any specific evidence, the possibility that frozen food might have played a
I was also very surprised to hear this dismissal of #laborigins (in favor of #popsicleorigins) because when @mattwridley and I co-wrote this @WSJ article, we were told...
https://t.co/wXqfSWSDTX?

Was this team equipped with the correct expertise to investigate a lab leak origin of covid-19? Did they follow any protocol to investigate #laborigins properly and independently?
If they were not and did not, then how can they rule out lab origins now?
@Daoyu15 @lab_leak @walkaboutrick @ydeigin @Ayjchan @franciscodeasis @TheSeeker268 @angie_rasmussen
28. Before moving on to DARPA, let's look at DTRA:
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) July 31, 2020
A must read!
It is astonishing the number of pies they had their dirty little fingers poking into:
Note John Epstein and Kevin Olival from EcoHealth Alliance are key figures in DTRA:https://t.co/O4QwVWrm7m pic.twitter.com/cnNGZ7AApj
@Daoyu15 @lab_leak @walkaboutrick @ydeigin @Ayjchan @franciscodeasis @TheSeeker268 @angie_rasmussen
24. DTRA Network for Collection of Viruses
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 9, 2021
7. DTRA - Metabiota - One Health - Ecohealth
Bat Research Networks and Viral Surveillance: Gaps and Opportunities in Western Asia pic.twitter.com/SOqSSXF3pa
@Daoyu15 @lab_leak @walkaboutrick @ydeigin @Ayjchan @franciscodeasis @TheSeeker268 @angie_rasmussen
That is the key question
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 5, 2021
1. DARPA/DTRA use NGOs like Ecohealth or Metabiota to collect new pathogens
2. They are sent to US labs (Mailman, Rocky Mountain, Atlanta CDC, UNC, USAMRIID) for GOF work by Lipkin, Nichols, Rasmussen, Baric, Dension, Munster, etchttps://t.co/wqhHK7uZO6
@Daoyu15 @lab_leak @walkaboutrick @ydeigin @Ayjchan @franciscodeasis @TheSeeker268 @angie_rasmussen
1. I wonder why Dr. Angela Rasmussen is so so upset & full of almost palpable venom about a Hypothesis and a "What if" question by @nicholsonbaker8 in the @NYMag https://t.co/a6lxtJLpKR
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) January 5, 2021
Did I hear someone say "DARPA"?
Did I hear someone say "DTRA"?https://t.co/i27mpxJDw2 pic.twitter.com/x4X3QPnTMS
https://t.co/lfTP7Rn3RY
Meanwhile the slugs are trying to erase all evidence of their censorship activities
https://t.co/VFhkbnT4kO
I do what I can but I am not Jesus, just a Monkey with a Mouse and WiFi

British Financed Hemiauchenia Slug Festival
search term "Wuhan"
https://t.co/2RZ770vDly
https://t.co/n1zGjuNxG7
https://t.co/ttZm1uWVSJ

Boing! said Zebedee! with a hatchet again!
"I'm collapsing this wall of text to reduce disruption caused by X, who is now blocked for 1 month from this article & its talk page under WP:GS/COVID19 sanctions.
The following discussion has been closed"
https://t.co/0wUBG8bNy3

More Censorship from the Gang of Slugs
-Thucydides411
"Agree with this, and nice tidy up job"
Britishfinance
https://t.co/0wUBG8bNy3

More Slug baiting and collaboration
@Britishfinance: I've followed your suggestion and added some material -Thucydides411
Thucydides411, nice work there and looks good. I think adding that the lab didn’t even have SARS-CoV-2 would also be worth it Thanks again. Britishfinance

@interne41914499 compares the influenza diagnosis & treatment plan by China NHC on 13 Nov 2019 with the 2018 plan.
Medical staff training manuals for influenza were also issued & included similar changes between 2019 &
Taking this research as a starting point, I will look at the people responsible for drafting the influenza plan in 2019
1. The National Health Commission (NHC)
国家卫生健康委员会
Guójiā Wèishēng Jiànkāng
2. Cabinet-level executive department of State Council which is responsible for formulating health policies in Mainland China.
Formed on 19 March 2018.
Its predecessor was the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Here is the leadership list:
https://t.co/0vJRvbxjMl

Boss is Ma Xiaowei
Current Minister in charge of the Commission and Party Branch Secretary.
https://t.co/Ldcfuve0N0
https://t.co/L1QDdVSRXY
https://t.co/yZtCjLPApI
https://t.co/DSlwXgl3cw
Ma Xiaowei sucks Xi's dick for
In memo discussed here:
https://t.co/TPWey3oKFd
Ma demanded officials unite around Xi because social stability was priority in the lead up to the upcoming March CCP State Meetings:
Emphasize politics!
Emphasize discipline!
Emphasize science!
Avoid causing panic among the masses!
We want to collate all references to DRASTIC in academic papers & media articles
Here are a few:
medium article by @emmecola
thorough report by @netpoette
@ColinDavdButler 's Paper
Please add any links to this thread. Tks!

2. More References
Papers by @MonaRahalkar and @BahulikarRahul
Papers by @Rossana38510044 and @ydeigin
Medium articles & papers by
@gdemaneuf & @Rdemaistre
Papers by @flavinkins (Daoyu Zhang)
Papers by "Anon" & "interneperson"
French News - le Monde
Can anyone remember any more?
3. More References
Papers & Blog Posts by @Harvard2H (Sirotkin & Sirotkin)
260 Questions for WHO collated by @billybostickson
If you find mentions of our individual names or "DRASTIC" in Papers or News, please forward here to this thread as links or screenshots.
Histoire du COVID-19 – chapitre 6 - Partie 2 : Pourquoi le séquençage complet du virus RaTG13 n'a pas été communiqué par Shi Zheng Li avant février 2020 ? https://t.co/MYEZZSAzaE

SARS-CoV-2: lab-origin hypothesis gains traction
BY ANNETTE GARTLAND ON OCTOBER 12, 2020
https://t.co/sPs1y8Herg

@NCPV @Micro_MDPI Gallaher's "Prophecy" Is it Likely?
MERS + SARS-COV-2 Combo Event
MERS Situation Update - January 2020
https://t.co/K2AB0fTpJT
SA Cases:
https://t.co/ix083ozN0v
UAE Cases:
https://t.co/eCBVg3oSPo

@NCPV @Micro_MDPI 1. "Specificity of S is largely responsible for widespread & rapid communicability of SARS-CoV-2, with relatively low virulence in most infected; in contrast, spread of MERS is more easily contained, but its virulence is much higher, at 35%."
@NCPV @Micro_MDPI 2. A virus with high communicability of SARS-CoV-2 & the virulence of MERS would be apocalyptic in its impact!
There is a breakpoint sequence in MERS S (25215CAGAT) that is similarly very close in relative position to 25047CAGAT in SARS-CoV-2.....
@NCPV @Micro_MDPI 3. There is a 4th breakpoint sequence, between the receptor binding domain of MERS & the S1/S2 junction, that is precisely conserved in sequence & position with the corresponding location of SARS-CoV-2:
23577CAGAC in MERS
23300CAGAC in SARS-CoV-2