Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts
Evidence indicates that it came from NIH funding of EcoHealth Alliance, an entity doing “gain-of-function” research in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Many experts believe that the virus was created by that research and escaped from the Wuhan lab.
Gain-of-function research involves enhancing the pathogenicity and transmissibility of pathogens. Many scientists are opposed to this research as it amounts in effect to bioweapons research. The rationale for the research is that it enhances with pre-knowledge the ability to respond to some emerging pandemic. In the case of the research at Wuhan, it might have caused one.
There are other explanations of the Covid pandemic, as it is called. Ron Unz based on circumstantial evidence makes a rational case that the US unleashed the virus on China from where it blew back on the US and the rest of the world. Having watched Washington destroy in whole or part seven countries in the past 20 years, it is not difficult to believe that Washington would unleash Covid on China. However, the fact that the NIH itself was financing the research in China is inconsistent with the US having created and unleashed the virus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Alergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of NIH, supports gain-of-function research. Last April 28 Newsweek reported:
“Just last year [2019], the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases [NIAID], the organization led by Dr. Fauci, funded scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other institutions for work on gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses.
“In 2019, with the backing of NIAID, the National Institutes of Health committed $3.7 million over six years for research that included some gain-of-function work. The program followed another $3.7 million, 5-year project for collecting and studying bat coronaviruses, which ended in 2019, bringing the total to $7.4 million.
“Many scientists have criticized gain of function research, which involves manipulating viruses in the lab to explore their potential for infecting humans, because it creates a risk of starting a pandemic from accidental release.”
Dr. Joseph Mercola presents views of experts who are critical of the ongoing gain-of-function research in this article: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/09/joseph-mercola/bioweapon-labs-get-more-nih-funding-for-deadly-research/ .
Although it is difficult for those of us who are not experts to have a confident opinion, we should be aware that many experts are convinced that research funded by NIH gave us the Covid pandemic.
The question whether in effect gain-of-function research amounts to banned bioweapons research needs to be taken up by Congress, the UN, and governments around the world. Covid, largely from its mishandling by public authorities, has done a great deal of economic and other damage to many countries that is larger than the cost of the virus itself.
Scientists love to monkey around with things that probably should be left alone. For example, humanity certainly does not need nuclear weapons. Neither does it need weaponized coronaviruses.
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“Gain of function” research?
Giving millions of dollars to a competitor’s ( potential adversary) bioweapons research program?
“Eco Health Alliance”?
Anthony Fauci, MFWIC?
Just what the holy Hell is going on with this?
Auntie strongly believes that biological weapons research, as well as chemical, radiological and nuclear, should be dealt with by giving the principles (politicians and military leaders) and scientists involved, plus their families, all the God damned biological weapons experimentation they can handle until they are all dead rotting from the pathologies they have released onto the World and their souls tormented forever in Hell for fucking with Mother Nature.
Eco Health Alliance?? Eco DEATH Alliance would be more like it.
auntie,
i caught the eco health alliance thing also–certain people do seem to want to depopulate the earth,don’t they?
This info, well presented btw, has been out there for anyone to see for months. The problem we have in America is not necessarily censorship of research and data (tho it is a problem on social media) but that the vast majority of Americans are unable to form educated opinions based on rational thought. Had we a more capable population we wouldnt be in the Sheeple predicament that empowers the bad guys.
Bingo. Too few thinkers, too many sheeple lost in screens turning their brains to mush. Almost like someone planned it that way.
I think this article is a good argument for accidental release but I harbour doubts because the timing was rather too perfect with Event 201 being a big one, among others. There are those in power that wish to see depopulation because they believe we have exceeded the earth’s sustainability which is expressed in climate change and resource depletion.
We don’t have enough evidence yet about the COVID long term effects on health although there are worrying signs that hidden effects are gradually emerging. There are too many oldies and they are increasing – time to cull a few? They don’t work much and are a drain on the economy as well as the pension system beginning to fail.
“There were 703 million persons aged 65 years or over in the world in 2019. The number of older persons is projected to double to 1.5 billion in 2050. Globally, the share of the population aged 65 years or over increased from 6 per cent in 1990 to 9 per cent in 2019.”
Eugenics anyone?
Well PCR may have crossed the Rubicon with this article. I would not be surprised if his column is “disappeared.”
Anyone that has had chemical weapons training in the military should be wondering about bioweapons.
I bet there are hundreds of these death labs all over the planet. Does anyone remember the anthrax scare about Sadam Hussein? I bet few people saw the program that mentioned how our CIA provided training and the Anthrax itself to the Iraqis. There’s a lot of evil people out there.