A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/61748028

Just a reminder that one of the biggest promoters of the lab leak theory is Trump’s former CDC director Robert Redfield.

The accusation the virus originally escaped from a Chinese lab, while a possibility, has never been conclusively proven, and may have arisen in retaliation after the Chinese government circulated a video of Redfield as propaganda during the earliest months of the pandemic, in order to claim the U.S. was actually responsible for COVID.

Last June, Reuters released an investigative report which revealed the U.S. military had actually retaliated against the Chinese government’s accusations by running a secret anti-vax campaign attempting to undermine China during the pandemic.

Tensions have since arisen regarding accusations against the NIH’s involvement in “dangerous” gain-of-function research at a Wuhan lab, and testimony provided by Anthony Fauci.

I am working on a 3 part series covering this information, and how it relates to recent issues surrounding the creation of an updated bird flu vaccine. The first part covers common misunderstandings related to the NIH and Gain of Function research in detail.

I am still working on the two follow ups which will cover the lab leak theory and vaccine roll out, but have not had much time to get back into writing them. I hope to have time soon. I feel it’s important to keep people informed ahead of the administration’s attempts to spread new propaganda, because this all seems to be part of an elaborate public campaign that has been in the making for quite some time.

Please also keep in mind that Redfield actually wrote a public health commentary attacking “dangerous” gain-of-function research back in February, and praising Trump’s planned EO to halt Gain of Function research, which was one of Trump’s first announcements upon taking office. Redfield’s commentary was published on the Heritage Foundation’s website.

According to an article released today by a right wing White House press member, Trump’s EO is nearing completion.

  • Basic Glitch@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Oh I agree, I don’t believe it was created as a bioweapon, or even created in a lab at all, but I think we have to be ready to acknowledge the lab had safety issues and address accusations we’re likely going to be hearing from Trump’s team in the near future.

    If the blame for the pandemic should be pointed anywhere, I think there are several bizarre actions taken by the Trump administration and some serious questions we should be demanding Trump’s own team answer.

    Like when Obama’s team attempted to welcome the new administration by holding training exercises for how to handle an emergency response to something like SARS or MERS, Trump’s team was pretty open about what a waste of time they thought it was.