Anthony Fauci cited Daszak’s letter as proof the virus wasn't caused by research he was funding:
Anthony Fauci cited Daszak’s letter as proof the virus wasn't caused by research he was funding:
{{quotebox-float|"If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what exists now, it’s very, very strongly leaning towards that could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. The way the mutations have naturally evolved. A number of very qualified evolutionary biologists have said everything about the progressive evolution over time strongly indicates that it evolved in the wild, then jumped species.}}
{{quotebox-float|"If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what exists now, it’s very, very strongly leaning towards that could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. The way the mutations have naturally evolved. A number of very qualified evolutionary biologists have said everything about the progressive evolution over time strongly indicates that it evolved in the wild, then jumped species.}}
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Self-described "fact-checkers" then used ''The Lancet'' letter to censor anyone on [[social media]] who mentioned the possibility of a lab leak.
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Self-described "fact-checkers" then used ''The Lancet'' letter to censor anyone on [[social media]] who mentioned the possibility of a lab leak.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-us-government-officials-helped-china-cover-up-covid-origins</ref>
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Christopher Park, a director in the [[State Department]]'s nonproliferation bureau, told the agency's investigators, "not to say anything that would point to the U.S. government’s own role in gain-of-function research." Christopher Park was involved in the 2017 decision to lift the federal moratorium on funding gain-of-function research. ''Vanity Fair'' obtained a memo from Thomas DiNanno, then the acting assistant secretary of the State Department’s arms-control bureau. In the memo, DiNanno wrote that staff from two State Department bureaus had warned leaders within his bureau quote "not to pursue an investigation into the origin of COVID-19" because it would "open a can of worms."
A year after the deadly virus leaked from the Wuhan lab,<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/</ref> the CCP finally allowed international investigators into the Wuhan lab. The [[World Health Organization]] allowed the CCP to [[veto]] scientists on the Wuhan mission.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/18/world-health-organization-wuhan-china-control/</ref> One of the scientists assigned by the WHO was Daszak, whom the CCP allowed in.<ref>https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4104828</ref>
A year after the deadly virus leaked from the Wuhan lab,<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/</ref> the CCP finally allowed international investigators into the Wuhan lab. The [[World Health Organization]] allowed the CCP to [[veto]] scientists on the Wuhan mission.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/18/world-health-organization-wuhan-china-control/</ref> One of the scientists assigned by the WHO was Daszak, whom the CCP allowed in.<ref>https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4104828</ref>