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My bad. ecat is just another Trump pussy who blocked me instead of facing reality.

from the Daily Caller

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The U.S. scientist behind an effort to stymie debate surrounding the possibility that COVID-19 could have accidentally escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology admitted through a spokesman that he did so to protect Chinese scientists from online criticism.

Dr. Peter Daszak, the president of the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, orchestrated a statement published in The Lancet medical journal in February, prior to any serious research on the origins of COVID-19, condemning “conspiracy theories” that suggest the virus doesn’t have a natural origin.

Daszak has worked directly with scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was studying bat-based coronaviruses prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, and he allegedly played an influential role in directing two taxpayer-funded grants from the National Institute of Health to the Chinese research center.

An email obtained by U.S. Right to Know, an investigative research group, shows that Daszak worked to significantly broaden a line in the draft version of the statement that had condemned the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was a Chinese manufactured bio-weapon.

“I think this is a bit too specific, because there are other conspiracy theories out there,” Daszak said in the Feb. 6, 2020, email. “Our current statement neatly refutes most of them by saying that ‘We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that 2019-nCoV does not have a natural origin. Scientific evidence overwhelmingly suggests that this virus originated in wildlife, as have many other emerging diseases.”

A spokesman for Daszak told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that his statement, which was cited by numerous news outlets — and by fact check organizations to censor unwelcome inquiries — during the onset of the pandemic, was meant to protect Chinese scientists.

“The Lancet letter was written during a time in which Chinese scientists were receiving death threats and the letter was intended as a showing of support for them as they were caught between important work trying to stop an outbreak and the crush of online harassment,” Daszak’s spokesman told The Journal.

Daszak did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation when asked if he maintains that there is no possibility that COVID-19 could have been released into the human population due to an accidental lab release.

The World Health Organization appointed Daszak to a 10-person panel that began investigating the origins on the ground in China on Thursday. Independent experts have criticized Daszak’s inclusion on the panel due to his prior connections with the WIV.

“The independence of the WHO investigation may be seriously compromised by the processed used to choose investigators … In particular, the choice of Dr. Daszak, who has a personal stake in ensuring current Chinese practices continue and who is a longtime collaborator of a scientist at the center of the investigation, is likely to taint its results,” said Miles Pomper, a fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

The State Department announced on Friday that it has obtained evidence showing that researchers at the WIV became sick with flu-like symptoms in Fall 2019 prior to the first known cases of COVID-19, raising concerns of an accidental lab leak.

“The U.S. government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses,” the State Department said.

I was curious about ecat's article that dispelled white supremacy at the Capitol insurrection. And not to my surprise - it was authored by this guy.

Yeah. Ecat loves them racists

bluetick wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:57 am I was curious about ecat's article that dispelled white supremacy at the Capitol insurrection. And not to my surprise - it was authored by this guy.

tell me what he said that was wrong

52m voters believed the election was mishandled in some way.

if you believe 52m people believe in white supremacy, then this country has bigger problems than insurrection of Biden

Ok then.

"52m voters believed the election was mishandled in some way."

Hmmm, I wonder why...

The other 70+ million will be popping champagne tomorrow

BREAKING
Mitch McConnell Blames Trump for Insurrection: 'The Mob was Fed Lies...Provoked by the President and Other Powerful People'
By Colby Hall Jan 19th

Looks like Mitch is aiming for a Senate confirmation on impeachment. Appears he made the political calculation that in order to save the GOP, he has to stomp Trumpism flat.

If nothing else - looks like he finally found someone he could make a one-term president.

its a calculation alright

its a calculation that Trump will go away and he won't.

but that also assumes Trump supporters won't turn on him.

So you won't turn on him you racist pig?

Trump supporters will turn on him in a second. Some already have. All they need is an excuse and Trump is stupid enough to give them one. After tomorrow he doesn't need those rubes, and I'm sure his behavior will reflect that. They'll be bitter and it will be an ugly breakup and very fun to watch. Trump is going to be forgotten within 6 months, at least as someone with a viable opinion that can move people to act. He will quickly go back to his D-list carnival barker status which is exactly the level he deserves based on his IQ and who he is. That's the best case scenario for him, by far. But as I've predicted, I think he'll die in prison...

Totally agree. But it's still fun poking ecat considering he's blocked me. Dumb ass racist.

I'd poke fun at him anyway though.

I don't think he's blocked you, I think he's just ignoring you...

Can you block somebody on this thing?

hedge wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:44 pm Can you block somebody on this thing?

Yes, if you go to your "User Control Panel" and then go to the "Friends & Foes" tab and click "Manage Foes", then any username you add to the "Add new foes" box will not be fully visible.

The following users cannot be added to anyone's foe lists because they are mods.

aTm
eCat
hedge
Cletus
C MAC
Dr. Strangelove
AlabamaAlum
bluetick
puterbac
10ac
Hacksaw
The Talent
T Dot O Dot
Owlman
Bklyn
Jungle Rat

Rat is a mod? I'm leaving...

He's a mod within "The Skid Mark" forum only, however, I'm pretty sure if you tried to add his name to your foe list it would tell you you can't because he is a mod. I guess the foe list works site wide only, unlike the mod lists which are for specific forums.

Where's SYSOP Judy when you need her?