Kaleb Nation
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And a whistleblower sent us a report, the first draft that was done in spring of 2020, where they said the low rate of seropositivity observed in the study indicates that bat coronavirus spillover is a rare event. Now, they do go on to say, but because the virus has high diversity and recombination rate, exposure may lead to disease. in a disease emergence in human population.
And a whistleblower sent us a report, the first draft that was done in spring of 2020, where they said the low rate of seropositivity observed in the study indicates that bat coronavirus spillover is a rare event. Now, they do go on to say, but because the virus has high diversity and recombination rate, exposure may lead to disease. in a disease emergence in human population.
They changed their report later And the one they finally submitted said, our preliminary analysis suggests that if similar seroprevalence occurs in human populations across the region, BAT, SARS-CoV hosts inhabit. There may be as many as the low hundreds of thousands to over a million people infected each year in South China and Southeast Asia. goes from rare event to hundreds of thousands.
They changed their report later And the one they finally submitted said, our preliminary analysis suggests that if similar seroprevalence occurs in human populations across the region, BAT, SARS-CoV hosts inhabit. There may be as many as the low hundreds of thousands to over a million people infected each year in South China and Southeast Asia. goes from rare event to hundreds of thousands.
And when I cross-examined Dashak, who was the head of the CEO of EcoHealth Alliance, I had him first in transcript in late last year. He said his report was substantially similar. There were no major changes, and I'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty close to accurate.
And when I cross-examined Dashak, who was the head of the CEO of EcoHealth Alliance, I had him first in transcript in late last year. He said his report was substantially similar. There were no major changes, and I'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty close to accurate.
from the report that he originally would have submitted if he had submitted it on time, but he had some kind of a technical glitch, to the one he ultimately submitted in August of 2021, they were substantially the same. And when I confronted him with rare event to as many as a million, he tried to argue, in essence, they were a substantial, well, that's substantially the same.
from the report that he originally would have submitted if he had submitted it on time, but he had some kind of a technical glitch, to the one he ultimately submitted in August of 2021, they were substantially the same. And when I confronted him with rare event to as many as a million, he tried to argue, in essence, they were a substantial, well, that's substantially the same.
I don't know about you, but to me, rare event to nearly a million people, that's not substantially the same. That's a huge difference, and it looks like they were trying to cover up the fact that they made a mistake, and they didn't realize that they were dealing with a dangerous pathogen, although they should have.
I don't know about you, but to me, rare event to nearly a million people, that's not substantially the same. That's a huge difference, and it looks like they were trying to cover up the fact that they made a mistake, and they didn't realize that they were dealing with a dangerous pathogen, although they should have.
Again, I'm not a doctor, but most of my doctor friends tell me if you're dealing with something that can cause a respiratory disease, you're dealing with fire, you're playing with fire, and it should have been in a level three lab. And none of these people were paying attention to that. And it was a disregard for human life.
Again, I'm not a doctor, but most of my doctor friends tell me if you're dealing with something that can cause a respiratory disease, you're dealing with fire, you're playing with fire, and it should have been in a level three lab. And none of these people were paying attention to that. And it was a disregard for human life.
And when you add that with, if it meets the legal standard of gross negligence, you do have liability then.
And when you add that with, if it meets the legal standard of gross negligence, you do have liability then.
Well, you know, it never hurts to, and hopefully we'll have some reform at CDC too, because they really, as far as dealing with the public, they had a number of missteps during COVID. Everything from the initial testing to, you know, picking six feet out of nowhere to mandating masks to closing schools, all of which were detrimental to our family. Mandating vaccines. Mandating vaccines. Yeah.
Well, you know, it never hurts to, and hopefully we'll have some reform at CDC too, because they really, as far as dealing with the public, they had a number of missteps during COVID. Everything from the initial testing to, you know, picking six feet out of nowhere to mandating masks to closing schools, all of which were detrimental to our family. Mandating vaccines. Mandating vaccines. Yeah.
Telling people that it would stop the transmission. Yeah. indicating that you want to make sure your six-year-old doesn't get the disease. I mean, it was just, they were wrong on lots of stuff.
Telling people that it would stop the transmission. Yeah. indicating that you want to make sure your six-year-old doesn't get the disease. I mean, it was just, they were wrong on lots of stuff.
Yeah. But even after him, they doubled down and went further. Yes, they did. Yes, they did. And they weren't basing it on science. They were basing it on what I think they thought. I don't know whether they were driving the administration or the administration was driving them. But it was not based on science. It was based on some kind of gut feeling.
Yeah. But even after him, they doubled down and went further. Yes, they did. Yes, they did. And they weren't basing it on science. They were basing it on what I think they thought. I don't know whether they were driving the administration or the administration was driving them. But it was not based on science. It was based on some kind of gut feeling.