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On February 19, 2020 Daszak orchestrated a letter published in ''The Lancet'' and signed by 27 scientists. The letter declared flatly that the coronavirus did not originate in a lab in Wuhan.  Emails show that Daszak carefully selected other signatories so that his obviously disqualifying [[conflict of interest]] would remain secret. Daszak wrote to Ralph Baric, who was also working on gain-of-function research in China, telling him not to sign the letter.  Daszak wrotte, "We'll put it out in a way that doesn’t link it back to our collaboration, so we maximize an independent voice."  

On February 19, 2020 Daszak orchestrated a letter published in ''The Lancet'' and signed by 27 scientists. The letter declared flatly that the coronavirus did not originate in a lab in Wuhan.  Emails show that Daszak carefully selected other signatories so that his obviously disqualifying [[conflict of interest]] would remain secret. Daszak wrote to Ralph Baric, who was also working on gain-of-function research in China, telling him not to sign the letter.  Daszak wrotte, "We'll put it out in a way that doesn’t link it back to our collaboration, so we maximize an independent voice."  

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.}}

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>

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>