Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
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#2Newsweek is always good for a laugh these days.
"Calls to Quit"? Sounds serious. By how many people? More than 10? No?
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#3This guy always cracks me up:
> A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as "preposterous," "baseless," and "pure baloney," and claimed the WIV wasn't culturing viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2.
> It later emerged that WIV had been working with RaTG13, one of the closest know relatives of SARS-CoV-2. Daszak had denied WIV had been actively working on RatG13, telling Wired: "We thought it's interesting, but not high-risk... So we didn't do anything about it and put it in the freezer."
I'm surprised the calls are only that he resign. He should be under criminal investigation for unleashing one of the most disruptive contagions in human history.
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#4This guy always cracks me up: > A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as "preposterous," "baseless," and "pure baloney," and claimed the WIV wasn't culturing viruses similar to SAR…
> Peter Daszak is pictured leaving the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China on February 3, 2021, as a members of the World Health Organization COVID origins investigation team.
You can’t make this up. Then they wonder how/why the people lost the trust in the institutions.
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#5This guy always cracks me up: > A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as "preposterous," "baseless," and "pure baloney," and claimed the WIV wasn't culturing viruses similar to SAR…
> Peter Daszak is pictured leaving the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China on February 3, 2021, as a members of the World Health Organization COVID origins investigation team. You can’t make this up. Then they wonder how/why the people lost the trust in the institutions.
Why do you hate science!
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#6I wonder who made the call that the WIV virus leak was a conspiracy, that we shouldn't believe in it, and that anybody spreading such a preposterous idea were racists, idiots, conspiracy theorists, horse medicine eating luddites?
It's amazing how easy it is to control the narrative. Just plant a couple seeds at the highest level of media organizations and the journalists/social media companies, etc. do the social policing themselves.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Peter Daszak is pictured leaving the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China on February 3, 2021, as a members of the World Health Organization COVID origins investigation team. You can’t make this up. Then they wonder how/why the people lost the trust in the institutions.
Why do you hate science!
Jeez people cool it with the downvoting. Obviously sarcasm.
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#8I wonder who made the call that the WIV virus leak was a conspiracy, that we shouldn't believe in it, and that anybody spreading such a preposterous idea were racists, idiots, conspiracy theorists, horse medicine eating luddites? It's amazing how easy it is to control the narrative. Just plant a couple seeds at the highest level of media organizations and the journalists/social media companies, etc. do the social pol…
The reasoning I saw was that regardless of origin, finger-pointing was counterproductive to the primary goal of dealing with the immediate concerns of the pandemic. Firefighters do their job first, then the forensics team comes in after. Now is the appropriate time for investigating how it happened.
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#9This guy always cracks me up: > A Freedom of Information Request has shown that Daszak organized a letter to squash rumors that COVID leaked from a lab, in a way that did not link back to collaborations between WIV and EHA. Before his organizing role was revealed, Daszak called the lab leak theory terms such as "preposterous," "baseless," and "pure baloney," and claimed the WIV wasn't culturing viruses similar to SAR…
Lab leak theory proponents were flagged on HN in 2020. So much for us trying to say this, comes off as rich. I just wish we could be a bit more self-critical and introspective.
Re: Peter Daszak of Eco Health Alliance Faces Calls to Quit
#10I wonder who made the call that the WIV virus leak was a conspiracy, that we shouldn't believe in it, and that anybody spreading such a preposterous idea were racists, idiots, conspiracy theorists, horse medicine eating luddites? It's amazing how easy it is to control the narrative. Just plant a couple seeds at the highest level of media organizations and the journalists/social media companies, etc. do the social pol…
The reasoning I saw was that regardless of origin, finger-pointing was counterproductive to the primary goal of dealing with the immediate concerns of the pandemic. Firefighters do their job first, then the forensics team comes in after. Now is the appropriate time for investigating how it happened.
Both could have happened in parallel. The fact that it is a lab leak vs. something else wouldn't have any effect on pandemic containment. What it did is sow incredible distrust in our institutions. It lead to long lasting damage which was compounded by institutions going on full defensive mode, doubling down on their old premises instead of adopting humility and compassion, admitting to mistakes. Those that continue to justify this in the name of "containment" are chipping away what little is left.