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In reply to the discussion: Cnet: How the coronavirus origin story is being rewritten by a guerrilla Twitter group [View all]womanofthehills
(8,688 posts)13. Actually - Our government was funding research at the Wujan lab thru Pater Daszak's Eco Health
and Galveston's bio lab trained many of the scientists at the Wujan lab. The lab was in China, but much of the coronavirus research money was coming from Eco Health.
Galveston bio lab explains connections to Wuhan
In a biocontainment laboratory, theres always a risk of something going wrong, Dr. James LeDuc, director of the Galveston National Laboratory said.
People can unintentionally be stuck with a needle or bitten by an infected animal, causing a breach of even the most secure lab protocols.
But as a theory about a Chinese lab being the original source of the global coronavirus pandemic circulates at the highest level of the U.S. government, LeDuc was cautious about placing blame on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
I certainly wouldnt say that there isnt a possibility for something to get released out of our laboratory or any other lab around the world, LeDuc said. I can say there are redundant safety mechanisms in place both here, and certainly in Wuhan, that guard against that.
But sometimes accidents happen, he said
https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_daafd290-4015-5e83-aeb2-c038036da0d9.html
In a biocontainment laboratory, theres always a risk of something going wrong, Dr. James LeDuc, director of the Galveston National Laboratory said.
People can unintentionally be stuck with a needle or bitten by an infected animal, causing a breach of even the most secure lab protocols.
But as a theory about a Chinese lab being the original source of the global coronavirus pandemic circulates at the highest level of the U.S. government, LeDuc was cautious about placing blame on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
I certainly wouldnt say that there isnt a possibility for something to get released out of our laboratory or any other lab around the world, LeDuc said. I can say there are redundant safety mechanisms in place both here, and certainly in Wuhan, that guard against that.
But sometimes accidents happen, he said
https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_daafd290-4015-5e83-aeb2-c038036da0d9.html
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Cnet: How the coronavirus origin story is being rewritten by a guerrilla Twitter group [View all]
intrepidity
Apr 2021
OP
I'm curious why you are so motivated to push the theory that covid escaped from a lab?
Phoenix61
Apr 2021
#1
So you're simply doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for different results...?
LanternWaste
Apr 2021
#29
Article from 2020 WaPo- In 2018 our State Dept was worried about coronavirus escaping from the lab
womanofthehills
Apr 2021
#11
Well that's all I need to hear to feel a need to go out and abuse people who look remotely Chinese
Hugh_Lebowski
Apr 2021
#2
Actually - Our government was funding research at the Wujan lab thru Pater Daszak's Eco Health
womanofthehills
Apr 2021
#13
In March, once the WHO-China mission was complete, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director
Celerity
Apr 2021
#12
Interesting that Peter Daszak's Eco Health was funding the coronavirus research at the Wujan lab
womanofthehills
Apr 2021
#14
Our CIA director Burns said yesterday that the WHO report is not their assessment
womanofthehills
Apr 2021
#20
Worse than you can imagine - labs doing dangerous research springing up all over world
womanofthehills
Apr 2021
#28