Biosafety Now!
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US-based NGO working for a future where scientific research on pathogens supports human life without also threatening it & public trust in science is restored.
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Biosafety Now Congratulates Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on NIH Director Nomination.
I am honored and humbled by President @realDonaldTrump's nomination of me to be the next @NIH director. We will reform American scientific institutions so that they are worthy of trust again and will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make America healthy again!.
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🚨NEW PETITION🚨. Dear Senator Schumer,. We urgently call on you to bring The Risky Research Review Act (S. 4667) to the Senate floor for an immediate vote.
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🧵@RandPaul spoke with the clarity of someone who has understood the truth for longer than most: that risky biological research is the most genuine existential threat we face as a species.
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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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Help prevent another lab-generated pandemic before it's too late!. Ask your Senators to bring @RandPaul & Gary Peters' bipartisan Risky Research Review Act to the floor for a vote!. (. better yet, urge both your Senators & Representative to pass the bill by unanimous consent!).
🚨 Fauci met w/ Baric in Feb 2020 to discuss Gain-of-Function. He knew by Jan that Baric & EcoHealth were doing risky COVID research at WIV w/ NIH funds. He lied to Congress. We need real protection against the next pandemic. Time to pass my bipartisan Risky Research Review Act!.
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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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🚨SIGN THE PETITION TO BAN DANGEROUS GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH🚨. Our petition has gathered 12,320 signatures so far!. Please sign and share with friends and family to help us prevent another lab-generated pandemic!.
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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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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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ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Resigns from Biosafety Now's Board of Directors. On November 29, 2024, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya resigned from our Board of Directors. Dr. Bhattacharya has been an invaluable part of our organization, providing guidance, expertise, and steadfast
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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. (1/n)
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Congress will be back in session soon. If you haven't signed and shared our petition to bring The Risky Research Review Act to a vote, now's the time to do it!. One lab-generated pandemic was too many!. Biosafety Now!.
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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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🚨Announcement: We are honored to welcome @MartyMakary to our Advisory Board🚨. Dr. Makary is a surgeon & public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University, member of the National Academy of Medicine, & author of 3 NYT bestselling books, including his new book "Blind Spots"
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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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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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#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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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨. We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Robert Redfield to our Advisory Board. Dr. Redfield is a prominent virologist & public health leader with over 45 years of medical experience. From 2018 -2021 he served as CDC Director.
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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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#OnThisDay October 17, 2014 - The White House halts federal funding for gain-of-function studies that alter a pathogen to make it more transmissible or deadly and request researchers doing ongoing work in this area agree to a voluntary moratorium.
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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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Scientists should not have the sole authority to decide whether or not to resurrect viruses that once killed tens of millions. Help stop the insanity by signing & sharing our petition to urge Congress to bring the Risky Research Review Act to a vote!.
#OnThisDay October 7, 2005 - Scientists publish the complete reconstruction and characterization of the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Virus in the journal Science.
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Raina MacIntyre - Daring to ask about the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
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#OnThisDay September 11, 1978 - British medical photographer Janet Parker dies of a smallpox infection she contracted weeks earlier by working in an office space above a laboratory conducting smallpox research at the University of Birmingham.
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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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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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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨. Biosafety Now is pleased to announce the addition of five new members to our Leadership Team. Board of Directors:. ➡️ Jay Bhattacharya (M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy, Stanford) @DrJBhattacharya . Advisory Board:. ➡️ Simon Wain-Hobson (Ph.D., Emeritus.
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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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"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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Our petition to ban dangerous gain-of-function research has just passed 10,000 signatures!.
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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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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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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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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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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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🚨🚨 ON JUNE 18, 2024, SENATOR RAND PAUL (R-KY) & SENATOR GARY PETERS (D-MI) WILL MAKE HISTORY 🚨🚨. Biosafety Now co-founder @R_H_Ebright will be testifying at this historic 🧑🤝🧑 BIPARTISAN 🧑🤝🧑 hearing on the origin of COVID-19. Tuesday, June 18 at 10:00 AM EDT (watch it live!).
🚨 ORIGINS OF COVID-19: AN EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE EVIDENCE🚨 Join me next week as we examine one of the most critical and debated questions of our time: Did COVID-19 originate in a lab? It's time to uncover the truth. Learn more:
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The NIH's mission is supposed to be:."to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature & behavior of living systems & the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, & reduce illness & disability.".
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eLife’s Suppression of Science. A case study of peer review enabling academic abuse. by @WashburneAlex .
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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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Don’t fall for the Chinese wet market theory for Covid.Contrary to reports, the evidence still points to a lab leak being the most likely cause of the pandemic.by @mattwridley - The Telegraph (9/21/24).
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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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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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ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr. Marty Makary Resigns from the Advisory Board of Biosafety Now. Biosafety Now announces that, effective December 1, 2024, Dr. Marty Makary has stepped down from his role on the organization’s Advisory Board. We are proud to have had Dr. Makary a distinguished
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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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Make a difference! Urge lawmakers to pass the Risky Research Review Act by signing the petition (link below) and calling your Senators and Representative. Let them know it's time for action!.
🚨 Fauci met w/ Baric in Feb 2020 to discuss Gain-of-Function. He knew by Jan that Baric & EcoHealth were doing risky COVID research at WIV w/ NIH funds. He lied to Congress. We need real protection against the next pandemic. Time to pass my bipartisan Risky Research Review Act!.
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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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"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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"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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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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"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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-@ThankYouDrFauci delivers a powerful message that urgent action is needed to prevent another lab-generated pandemic worse than COVID-19. @BiosafetyNow members appearing in the film: @R_H_Ebright, @Bryce_Nickels, @DrJBhattacharya, Robert Redfield, Neil Harrison, & [SILENCED].
TOMORROW: Unmask the truth behind the most censored story of our time. #ThankYouDrFauci streams globally tomorrow! Go to for more #Fauci #FauciKnew #WatchNow #TrueCrime #FauciLiedMillionsDied #Uncensored
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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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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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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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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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"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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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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Redfield: "#GainOfFunction probably caused the greatest pandemic our world has seen".#BiosafetyNow.
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we must not allow the truth to be bullied into submission.
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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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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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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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🚨BREAKING🚨. Today, based on evidence uncovered in @COVIDSelect's recent report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commenced formal debarment proceedings against EcoHealth Alliance. EcoHealth will now face an immediate, government-wide suspension of taxpayer
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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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🧵Correcting The Congressional Testimony of Dr. David Morens Regarding the Accident Which Led to the Outbreak of Anthrax in Sverdlovsk, USSR in June 1979. by Milton Leitenberg. Senior Research Associate.Center for International & Security Studies.University of Maryland. (1/n)
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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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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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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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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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"There are laws for research with fissile materials, research that produces hazardous waste. But remarkably, the research category that is the most dangerous of all, the only one that has a truly existential risk, has only advisory guidelines.” - @R_H_Ebright . Biosafety Now!.
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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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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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One lab-generated pandemic was too many!.We should not be creating new existential threats to humanity in the lab. "Gain-of-function" research that creates novel bioweapon agents has given us NO vaccines, NO therapeutics, & ONE catastrophic pandemic* (p<0.001). #BiosafetyNow.
If you ever doubted where Gigi Gronvall's loyalties lie, she erased all uncertainty today by praising Tara O'Toole, a leading proponent of bioweapons research, as a great leader and mentor. Both O'Toole and Gronvall are advocates for bioweapons not public health. #BiosafetyNow
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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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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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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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