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1/x -- BREAKING -- In-depth investigation with virologist Jonathan Latham of @BioSRP and myself -- “Did West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak of 2014 Have a Lab Origin?”
In 2014, some Africans charged that the Ebola outbreak was connected to US labs in Sierra Leone...
The Ebola outbreak of 2014 was a disaster for West Africa. Over 11,000 lives were lost amidst intense negative social and economic consequences. It is today commonly cited as a bona fide example of a natural zoonosis -- but the evidence doesn't hold up:
Africans who charged that the outbreak had lab origin were dismissed. Scientists they accused were the loudest in dismissing the possibility of lab origin for Covid. Were the Africans right all along? See and overview -- and connections to Covid
Robert Garry of Tulane University and Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research are president and VP of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, based in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Politifact asked Garry about charges from Africans that his lab might have been responsible for the outbreak.
Garry claimed: “We were there working 10 years and then Ebola came here.”
But on August 25, 2013, just months before the Ebola outbreak, the VHFC posted on its website an article titled that indicated otherwise.
In 2014, some Africans charged that the Ebola outbreak was connected to US labs in Sierra Leone...
Who framed Guinea? We joined with journalist @samhusseini to investigate the #Ebola2014 outbreak and its cover up. https://t.co/PmSvA7Ntzp
— Bioscience Resource Project (@BioSRP) October 25, 2022
The Ebola outbreak of 2014 was a disaster for West Africa. Over 11,000 lives were lost amidst intense negative social and economic consequences. It is today commonly cited as a bona fide example of a natural zoonosis -- but the evidence doesn't hold up:
Africans who charged that the outbreak had lab origin were dismissed. Scientists they accused were the loudest in dismissing the possibility of lab origin for Covid. Were the Africans right all along? See and overview -- and connections to Covid
Robert Garry of Tulane University and Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research are president and VP of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, based in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Politifact asked Garry about charges from Africans that his lab might have been responsible for the outbreak.
Garry claimed: “We were there working 10 years and then Ebola came here.”
But on August 25, 2013, just months before the Ebola outbreak, the VHFC posted on its website an article titled that indicated otherwise.