Covid origen and covid vaccine: bullet points

 

Ralph Baric and the DEFUSE Proposal: Ralph Baric, a top U.S. virologist, proposed in the 2018 DEFUSE funding proposal to engineer a virus similar to SARS-CoV-2. The proposal included inserting a furin cleavage site, using the restriction enzyme BsmBI, seeking a binding domain for ACE2, and ensuring the virus's genome was about 25% different from SARS.

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2: The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, has features that align with Baric's DEFUSE proposal, including the furin cleavage site, use of BsmBI, and specificity to ACE2 receptors, suggesting to some that it could be an engineered virus.

Patent and Research: Baric obtained a patent for such novel viruses around the same time he was assembling the DEFUSE proposal, which aimed to infect wild Chinese bats with his patented viruses.

Funding Outcome: Despite the detailed proposal, DEFUSE did not receive funding from DARPA. Instead, a similar but different proposal named PREEMPT by Vincent Munster at NIH's Rocky Mountain Lab won funding. PREEMPT aimed to create a self-spreading virus-vaccine for bats.

Collaboration and Project CREID: Post-DARPA funding decision, Baric and Munster collaborated under an $82 million program called CREID, funded by Fauci's NIAID, where they worked on the concept of self-spreading bat vaccines.

Transmissibility and Lab Context: It's suggested that SARS-CoV-2 might have been made transmissible in Montana before being sent for testing in Wuhan, as it transmits efficiently in animals present at the Rocky Mountain Lab but not in those at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

Dr. Danielle Anderson's Role: Anderson, who worked at WIV under Duke-NUS, might have been involved in testing this transmissible virus-vaccine on Chinese bats, potentially leading to a lab leak scenario.

Speculative Lab Leak: There's no direct evidence, but the sequence of events and known connections suggest a possible lab-acquired infection at WIV, with Anderson or a colleague potentially as patient zero.

Post-Leak Actions: Post-publication of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, there were significant reactions, including Linfa Wang’s abrupt resignation, suggesting internal knowledge or panic about the virus's origin.

Baric's Later Work and Comments: Since 2021, Baric has focused on developing vaccines, possibly as a form of atonement, while also making remarks that might shift some responsibility to governmental decisions on funding risky research.

This summary highlights the complex narrative around the origins of SARS-CoV-2, focusing on lab-related theories and the interconnected research projects. However, these points are based on allegations, speculation, and interpretations of public and leaked information, rather than conclusive evidence.

In addition:

Ralph Baric, a U.S. virologist, was involved in engineering viruses like SARS-CoV-2 as part of the 2018 DEFUSE funding proposal.

DEFUSE, leaked in 2021 by Major Joseph Murphy (DARPA), proposed creating a virus with features similar to SARS-CoV-2, including a furin cleavage site, BsmBI restriction enzyme, and ACE2 receptor targeting.

Though DEFUSE did not receive DARPA funding, much of the proposed work was already underway.

The winning DARPA project, PREEMPT, led by Dr. Vincent Munster, focused on creating a transmissible, aerosolized virus-vaccine to vaccinate bats and prevent spillover pandemics.

PREEMPT’s transmissible virus-vaccine concept posed significant risks, even criticized by Baric as "too edgy."

Fauci later funded a $82 million CREID program in 2019, bringing together Baric and Munster’s teams to collaborate on similar virus research.

Evidence suggests Munster’s lab engineered a transmissible version of Baric’s virus-vaccine, which could infect specific mammals but not Chinese lab animals.

Dr. Danielle Anderson, based at Wuhan’s BSL4 lab, likely tested the virus-vaccine on Chinese horseshoe bats, potentially leading to a laboratory-acquired infection.

Anderson’s lab in Wuhan showed signs of a shutdown in October 2019, possibly linked to a virus leak.

The early epicenter of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in central Wuhan correlates with where Anderson lived.

Linfa Wang, Anderson’s supervisor, abruptly resigned from Duke University’s program on the day SARS-CoV-2’s genome was published in January 2020, raising suspicions.

Analysis suggests the transmissible virus might have leaked during testing in Wuhan, sparking the COVID-19 pandemic.

Baric later focused on developing vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, while expressing frustration over government-funded risky experiments like those in PREEMPT.

Baric hinted that governments, not scientists, hold responsibility for selecting gain-of-function experiments, reflecting on the pandemic’s origins.