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Petition Update:
Over 11,600 people have signed our petition to ban gain-of-function research that enhances potential pandemic pathogens (ePPP research).
Help us relegate ePPP research to the dustbin of history by signing and sharing!
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December 18, 2023
Statement On New Revelations About “Project DEFUSE”
Documents reported today by U.S. Right to Know reveal that the president of EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, planned in 2018 to use U.S. Department of Defense funds to perform high-risk virus experiments at…
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PRESS RELEASE: MEDIA OUTLETS SHOULD CORRECT MISLEADING ARTICLES ABOUT RACCOON DOGS STARTING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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#OnThisDay
February 1, 2020 - Triggered by a news article in Science in which Richard Ebright stated that the sequence & properties of SARS-CoV-2 were consistent with lab-accident origin, Anthony Fauci sends an urgent email to NIAID deputy director Hugh Auchincloss.
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NEW RESOURCE - , a search engine on documents relevant to the origin of COVID-19.
Search for an exact word or phrase in >75,000 pages of documents obtained through FOIA by
@USRightToKnow
,
@theintercept
,
@WhiteCoatWaste
, and others
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🧵Retract Proximal Origins: Petition Delivery
Yesterday, Megan Gafford, Jonathan Latham, Bryce Nickels, Jacob Eliosoff, Emily Kopp, Alina Chan, Matt Ridley, & Austin Lin delivered our Petition to Retract Proximal Origins w/ >5,300 signatures to Nature Medicine’s office.
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*** NEW VIDEO: SIMON WAIN-HOBSON ***
(recorded January 7, 2024)
World renowned virologist Simon Wain-Hobson describes why the University of Wisconsin-Madison should not support research that enhances potential pandemic pathogens (ePPP research).
“The top echelons of the…
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With today's WSJ article, our petition to ban dangerous gain-of-function research might get close to ~8 billion signatures if everyone on the planet was aware of it.
Please share far and wide!
One Lab-Generated Pandemic Was Too Many!
#BiosafetyNow
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We have changed our logo from blue to red to symbolize our concern with the decision by the NIH to reinstate a previously suspended grant to
@EcoHealthNYC
. We believe this decision is completely inconsistent with the core mission of the NIH.
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#OnThisDay
February 1, 2020 - Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, Jeremy Farrar, & a group of international virologists held a conference call to discuss the compelling evidence that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a laboratory and not in nature.
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Redfield: "I don't think this should be a decision made by scientists alone...this is a societal decision"
We agree! The public must have a voice!
#BiosafetyNow
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BREAKING NEWS: History has just been made in San Carlos, CA as their city council voted 3 to 2 to prohibit both BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs. (Details to follow)
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*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***
Today, December 5, 2023, Biosafety Now sent letters to Congressional leaders urging them to support provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that prohibit all funding for EcoHealth Alliance, and to ensure that these provisions remain in place as…
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Raina MacIntyre - Daring to ask about the origins of SARS-CoV-2
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"I do believe the great pandemic is coming....and I do believe it's likely to come from gain-of-function research" former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield
Sign our petition to stop dangerous gain-of-function research before it's too late!
#BiosafetyNow
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PLAYING WITH BIOLOGICAL FIRE: comments by
@R_H_Ebright
on monkeypox “gain-of-function” experiments planned by a researcher at the NIAID.
Over 6 months ago, lawmakers requested information about these experiments. The NIH has yet to respond.
learn more at:
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5 Hours Away!
Set a reminder!
Alina Chan, Alex Washburne, Valentin Bruttel, Tony VanDongen, Justin Kinney, and Bryce Nickels discuss the evidence that COVID-19 came from a lab, not from nature.
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Biosafety Now Petition - Please Share!
Sign the petition demanding states prohibit dangerous research that creates enhanced potential pandemic pathogens.
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We believe scientists should be held accountable for intentionally misleading the public about the origin of a virus that has killed millions and left millions of others disabled. If we do not hold scientists accountable now, when will we ever?
#RetractProximalOrigins
That we have a record of their internal communications, and that they're extremely explicit that they think a lab leak is plausible if not likely, and also extremely explicit that they're going to say the opposite in the paper for political reasons, and also lie to reporters.
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On January 10, 2024, Biosafety Now co-founder Justin Kinney
@jbkinney
testified at the Wisconsin State Assembly’s Colleges and Universities Committee public hearing for Assembly Bill 413 (AB 413), which would prohibit dangerous “gain-of-function” research.
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Thank you
@Ayjchan
@WashburneAlex
@VBruttel
and
@tony_vandongen
for the excellent discussion today!
For those that were not able to listen live, click below to listen to a recording.
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Our petition to ban dangerous gain-of-function research has just passed 10,000 signatures!
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"Lab leak" censorship is still happening!!
This short video about our petition was just banned from both our Facebook & TikTok pages. TikTok specifically labeled it "misinformation" (see below).
We disagree & urge everyone to sign our petition at:
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Join us tomorrow morning for a live discussion on the new bombshell revelations about Project
#DEFUSE
!
@emilyakopp
of
@USRightToKnow
, who broke the story, joins DRASTIC cofounder
@ydeigin
to discuss the ramifications!
Set a reminder for my upcoming Space!
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CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes at unlicensed California lab
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A second clip from
@SharriMarkson
's MUST WATCH documentary. In this clip,
@jbkinney
talks about the infamous DEFUSE proposal, which provides a blueprint for making SARS-CoV-2!
Watch the full documentary at:
(requires a subscription for $6 per month)
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Government officials representing at least 15 federal agencies were briefed on a project [Project DEFUSE] proposed by Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Marie Chevrier to our Leadership Team. Dr. Chevrier is a Professor of Public Policy & Administration at Rutgers University-Camden. Her research focuses on analysis of the arms control negotiations and implementation to control chemical & bio weapons.
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Does research that enhances potential pandemic pathogens violate the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)? Moreover, does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) review ePPP research projects for compliance with the BWC?
Covid Origins Coverup Continues --
BREAKING VIDEO: I asked
@StateDept
: "Did USAID fund the Wuhan Institute of Virology?"
In the past they have been evasive. This time they outright punted to
@USAID
, even though USAID operates under the guidance of State Dept.
As I noted,…
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Petition to retract “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2”
Please sign and share.
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We added another 100 signatures in the past ~20 hours and have now hit the 700 mark. Only 300 away from 1000 w/ no sign of slowing down! If anything, we seem to be picking up momentum! Please keep sharing the link & thank you for your support!
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"There is FAR more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit"
That's why we have launched a petition demanding retraction of "The proximal origins of SARS-CoV-2" that has gathered >4,100 signatures.
Sign and Share!
Link:
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#OnThisDay
- May 27, 1992. Russian President Boris Yeltsin revealed that the 1979
#anthrax
epidemic in Sverdlovsk--which was initially blamed on farmers selling tainted meat--was caused by a
#labaccident
involving military researchers.
#BiosafetyNow
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Looking Back on Year 1 of Biosafety Now
Tomorrow, February 6, 2024, is an important day for Biosafety Now as we celebrate our 1 year anniversary. Visit our website to see a timeline highlighting key events from our inaugural year.
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eLife’s Suppression of Science
A case study of peer review enabling academic abuse
by
@WashburneAlex
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Stop lab-generated pandemics by defunding EcoHealth Alliance!
It is time for U.S. Congressional leaders to protect the lives of its' citizens by prohibiting Department of Defense funding for EcoHealth Alliance.
read the letter:
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STATEMENT from Ed Hammond
@pricklyresearch
:
This morning, Twitter admitted it was wrong to have locked my account for posting public records and my access was restored. Less than an hour later it again locked my account for the same tweet, again claiming this public record...
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Article
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"This is a major win in the global fight against lab-generated pandemics,” Justin Kinney
@jbkinney
posted on X...Kinney is a co-founder of
#BiosafetyNow
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Wisconsin lawmakers have proposed new legislation (Senate Bill 410) that includes a common-sense reporting requirement that should be welcomed by anyone that supports public transparency.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT:
A person that intends to conduct research on a potentially pandemic…
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"Given the egregious coverage of the Covid origin by the MSM, a group of scientists founded a nonprofit named Biosafety Now to bring attention to this existential risk."
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"Last year's conspiracy theory becomes this year's fact"
@SharriMarkson
- ‘What Really Happened in Wuhan: The Next Chapter’
8pm Tuesday Nov 28th in Australia (4am EST in the US)
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"I think that the most important thing is we have to acknowledge the fact that the pandemic COULD have started from some research-related incident"
Dr. Filippa Lentzos
February 28, 2024
United Nations
New York, NY (USA)
Covid pandemic may have been started by scientists, professor tells UN
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Justin Kinney
@jbkinney
, co-founder of
@BiosafetyNow
was one of the people interviewed by
@SharriMarkson
for her new documentary: What Really Happened in Wuhan: The Next Chapter. Here is a short clip from the documentary with Justin.
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#BiosafetyNow
has changed the header on our Twitter profile page to make it absolutely clear we believe strong regulations are urgently needed to prevent lab-generated pandemics!
Join the fight at
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Tomorrow at 1pm EST, we welcome
@VBruttel
@tony_vandongen
@WashburneAlex
and
@Ayjchan
for a discussion of the evidence that COVID-19 has a synthetic origin.
Set a reminder for my upcoming Space!
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Rejected Wuhan research project hints at origins of pandemic
Project Defuse detailed plans to investigate and manipulate coronaviruses with the potential to infect humans
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"Biological weapons have massive, unpredictable, and potentially uncontrollable consequences…They may produce global epidemics and impair the health of future generations."
Richard Nixon
November 25, 1969
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Next week
@samhusseini
will join
@danaparish
and
@Bryce_Nickels
to discuss COVID origins plus a range of other subjects including Amerithrax, GOFROC, Ebola, and more!
Click the button to set a reminder for Sam’s first ever appearance on a Twitter Space!
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Redfield: "
#GainOfFunction
probably caused the greatest pandemic our world has seen"
#BiosafetyNow
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Sign up for tomorrow's Twitter Space at 1:30 EDT.
@danaparish
will be speaking with investigative journalist Paul Thacker
@thackerpd
about the $88 billion US biodefense industry. (Paul's articles can be found at: )
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ANNOUNCEMENT: On Thursday, April 6 at 1:30 PM EDT
@BiosafetyNow
will host a Twitter Space featuring investigative journalist Paul Thacker
@thackerpd
who will talk about the US biodefense industry.
CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO SIGN UP!
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we must not allow the truth to be bullied into submission
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Goals for 2024
(1) ban GOFROC/ePPP research in the US
(2) ban GOFROC/ePPP research outside the US
(3) defund, debar, and dismantle EcoHealth Alliance
(4) retract "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2"
#BanGOFROC
#DefundEcoHealth
#RetractProximalOrigins
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Please sign and share our petition to ban dangerous gain of function research!
Link -
Let's do everything we can to get the Senate and White House to support
@RepThomasMassie
's amendment!
My amendment to end gain-of-function research funding passed tonight! It’s insane to use taxpayer dollars to create a blueprint for the next pandemic.
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UPDATE - over 200 people have signed the petition to demand retraction of "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2" Help us keep the momentum by adding your name and sharing with others!
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#OnThisDay
December 19, 2017 - the National Institutes of Health lifts the funding pause on the provision of new or continuation funding for gain-of-function research projects.
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Important comments from
@JamieMetzl
at yesterday's C19 origin debate. (To paraphrase) Dangerous laboratory research in one nation impacts every nation. We therefore need global governance systems to prevent lab-generated pandemics.
ICYMI: Watch a recording of yesterday's event, hosted in partnership with
@APPCPenn
, on the
#COVIDOrigins
debate with panelists
@KatherineEban
,
@ggronvall
,
@JamieMetzl
,
@sergeilkp
and
@weisssr
, moderated by
@COFinkelstein
.
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Introducing the "Academic Silencing" collection!
Are you passionate about freedom of expression? Do you believe in standing up against censorship and silencing in academic spaces? Show your support by buying an "Academic Silencing" T-Shirt or Mug!
Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Heard!
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Goals for 2024 (v.2)
(1) ban GOFROC/ePPP research in the US
(2) ban GOFROC/ePPP research outside the US
(3) defund, debar, and dismantle EcoHealth Alliance
(4) retract "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2"
(5) retract subsequent false papers
(6) prosecute those culpable for…
Goals for 2024
(1) ban GOFROC/ePPP research in the US
(2) ban GOFROC/ePPP research outside the US
(3) defund, debar, and dismantle EcoHealth Alliance
(4) retract "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2"
#BanGOFROC
#DefundEcoHealth
#RetractProximalOrigins
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BREAKING -
@SenGaryPeters
to
@SenRandPaul
: "I have committed to getting information, we need transparency... we will work together in a bipartisan way to get the information that we need"
@garypeters
@SenGaryPeters
says he'll support. Says he's been supporting all along as chair [of the Senate Homeland Security Committee]. I question.🤨. .
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Preventing future lab-generated pandemics requires acknowledging and learning from the past.
We support an independent, comprehensive, and forensic investigation of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US Agencies Point To Covid Lab Origin, Bringing Risky Viral Research And Biosafety Concerns In Focus.
"..could gain of function research have caused the Covid-19 pandemic? Moreover... do we need gain of function research?"
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LIMITED EDITION "inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory" t-shirts and mugs
Get yours today in
#BiosafetyNow
's online store!
t-shirt:
mug:
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After delivering the petition, they met up with Jamie Metzyl
@JamieMetzl
at Fraunces Tavern, a historic site where George Washington assembled his officers to bid them farewell following the victory in the Revolutionary War.
(2/n)
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One Lab-Generated Pandemic Is Too Many!
launched on February 6, 2023 at 12 noon EST
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PETITION UPDATE: Our petition to
#RetractProximalOrigins
has amassed over 4,500 signatures. If you have yet to sign, please do, and if you have already signed, please share!
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Our petition to prohibit dangerous gain-of-function research just hit another benchmark!
> 2,500 people have now signed -- next stop 5,000!
Please help stop lab-generated pandemics by signing our petition and sharing it with everyone you know!
link -
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Biosafety Now on The Earl Ingram Show – Clip 2
Earl Ingram asks who finances gain-of-function? and why do they fund such reckless research?
Simon Wain-Hobson and
@R_H_Ebright
provide answers.
(recorded January 17, 2024)
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This experiment should be illegal. Biosafety Now!
"House Energy and Commerce Committee..today sent a letter to.. Lawrence Tabak,..[acting] director at the NIH, regarding details about a supercharged monkeypox experiment planned by an NIH researcher. "
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The Hunt for the Origin of SARS-CoV-2
Deciphering the tracks left in the genome of SARS-CoV-2 & drafts of DEFUSE
by
@WashburneAlex
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"Are we missing something?"
@JamesCTobias
mail to Francis Collins:
"it is in fact highly likely... was manipulated in a laboratory... I'm so puzzled by the continued NIH/CDC position to the contrary." (p3)
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"Is Gain-of-Function Research a 'Risk Worth Taking'?"
@davidzweig
's article makes a compelling case the answer is NO.
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Is it normal for a NGO to have to release so many statements like this?
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Ebright...advocates a
#ScorchedEarth
approach: “Entities that defrauded the US-government & violated terms & conditions of US-government contracts (including EcoHealth Alliance) need to be defunded, debarred, & dismantled..."
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Join us next Wednesday, July 12 at noon EDT as we welcome the coauthors of “Viral,” Alina Chan
@Ayjchan
& Matt Ridley
@mattwridley
, plus USRTK journalist Emily Kopp
@emilyakopp
to discuss “The COVID origin cover up.” Click the button to set a reminder!
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Help prevent the next lab-generated pandemic before its too late!
Sign the petition to ban gain-of-function research that enhances potential pandemic pathogens!
🚨NEW 🚨
Today,
@COVIDSelect
released a staff-level report recommending EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak be formally debarred and criminally investigated as a result of his actions prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report also exposes serious, systemic…
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COMING SOON!
#BiosafetyNow
presents:
"This Week in Bioterror"
hosted by
@danaparish
&
@Bryce_Nickels
a weekly Twitter Space where we discuss the disturbing history of bioterrorism and biological warfare--the kind of history that makes you sick
Details to follow
#TWiB
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"It's time to stop scientists from f**king around before we all find out...again"
Roger (The FAAFO Guy) explains why you should sign the petition to ban gain-of-function research that creates enhanced potential pandemic pathogens. Click here to sign:
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...under the law is "private information." I will not censor public records before sharing them with other members of the public. Doing so is not necessary nor is it ethical. I have again appealed to Twitter and am waiting for a reply.
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UNC is fighting tooth and nail to keep information about Ralph Baric's publicly funded research performed at a publicly-funded university secret from the public. This is a travesty.
For national
#FOIA
#SunshineWeek
the ogres
@UNC
double down on their dogged effort to keep almost all information about Ralph Baric's publicly funded research, performed at a public university, on potentially pandemic coronaviruses a complete secret from you & me.
#COVIDorigin
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***ANNOUNCEMENT - EBRIGHT, WAIN-HOBSON and NICKELS on EARL INGRAM SHOW ***
On Wednesday, January 17, Biosafety Now co-founders
@R_H_Ebright
and
@Bryce_Nickels
, and distinguished virologist Simon Wain-Hobson will join the Earl Ingram Show
@earl_show
to discuss "gain-of-function"…
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Our petition demanding US states prohibiting gain-of-function research on dangerous pathogens is nearing 5,300 signatures. Please sign and share. (Especially with anyone you know that lives in Wisconsin!)
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Join us Wednesday Night in the US - Thursday morning in Australia as
@Globalbiosec
will discuss the threat posed by clandestine biolabs.
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Just added to our website:
Anthony Berglas
@atuntable
- A laboratory origin of COVID-19 in 500 words.
*edited by
@DavidBahry
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Jan. 10: A big day for Biosafety Now! A bad day for Bioweapons!
In the morning, a public hearing in Wisconsin for Assembly Bill 413 to ban ePPP research!
In the evening, author
@krisnewby
joins
@danaparish
@jbkinney
&
@Bryce_Nickels
to talk biowarfare!
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Incidents like this are a harsh reminder of the dangers of building too many high-level biocontainment laboratories.
BREAKING: World Health Organization says there is an 'extremely serious' situation and 'huge biological risk' after a lab containing virus samples falls into control of Sudan fighters
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~6,000 citations vs ~4,000 signatures
We need everyone's help to repair the massive damage caused by "Proximal Origins".
Scientists MUST be held accountable for willfully spreading misinformation.
Sign & Share our petition to
#RetractProximalOrigins
.
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Comments from
@R_H_Ebright
from Biosafety Now's October 5, "X Space"
“I would say that I and other scientists and science policy specialists and national security policy specialists have been meeting on this subject for two decades continuously. All of the issues that we're…
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One week from today marks the first anniversary of Biosafety Now.
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Help stop the next lab-generated pandemic!
Sign & share the petition to demand US states ban reckless gain-of-function research! Why the states? Easy, b/c the federal government fails to act. FL has passed a law, WI & TX are next, but we need your help!
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"The two most important steps are: First, reduce the number of select agent laboratories" -
@R_H_Ebright
(July 2014)--dedicated to
@npgamechanger
and all our other friends in Silicon Valley, CA fighting special interest groups trying to build BSL-3 labs in their communities.
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The Furin Cleavage Site Mug is part of our new Origin of COVID collection in our online store.
Order yours today at
All proceeds will be used to advance our mission to prevent lab-generated pandemics.
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Unscientific American
by James Meigs
"Science writers at most major news outlets and science news outlets have spent the last four years obfuscating and misrepresenting facts about the origin of the pandemic." -
@R_H_Ebright
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