greatgameindia--2020-04-20--Chinese Agent Charles Lieber & His Virus Transmitters

Dr. Charles Lieber is a nano-scientist at Harvard University .
He was recently charged by the American authorities for secretly being a Chinese agent .
However , there is a mystery surrounding the nature of his work .
It is said he was recruited for advanced research into nanowire-batteries .
But investigation by GreatGameIndia has shown that Lieber was infact working on virus transmitters that could penetrate cell membranes without affecting the intercellular functions and even measure activities inside heart cells and muscle fibers .
Dr. Charles Leiber is a nano-scientist at Harvard University who also serves as a chair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Chemical Biology .
He was arrested by the U.S. Department of Defense in January for lying about his association with China ’ s Thousand Talent Program .
It is basically a recruitment plan which seeks to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and in return , reward individuals for stealing proprietary information .
According to the charging documents , Lieber was a contractual participant of the program and was paid $ 50,000 monthly , along with $ 158,000 in living expenses and $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lab at Wuhan University .
The fact that Lieber kept his association with the Chinese a secret put his integrity in question as well as financial conflicts of interest , including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities .
What ’ s more concerning is that the affidavit released by the federal prosecutors states that Leiber signed an agreement between Harvard and Wuhan Insitute of Technology .
According to the affidavit , the purpose of the agreement was to “ carry out advanced research and development of nanowire-based lithium-ion batteries with high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things don ’ t add up since the focus of Leiber ’ s research has never been about nanowire batteries .
One nanoscientist and former student of Lieber ’ s says : “ I have never seen Charlie working on batteries or nanowire batteries.
” In fact , in all his research papers and patents , there is no mention of “ batteries ” or “ vehicles ” .
Although Lieber was released a day later on a $ 1 million bond , the question remains what exactly was the nature of Leiber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harvard in 1991 .
In his early days at the university , he made great strides in the field by growing nanowires in a flask .
Researchers before Leiber were already creating wire-like structures with the help of semiconductors , metals and other materials .
However , their approach would be quite expensive and would need clean-room facilities like the ones used by computer chip-makers .
In contrast , Lieber could create nanostructures using nothing but simple and inexpensive chemical techniques .
He even went a step further to show how these nanowires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logic circuits , data storage devices , and even sensors .
In 2001 , Harvard Magazine published a report that discussed Leiber and his team ’ s research into what was termed as ‘ Liquid Computing ’ .
The report mentioned how Leiber was at the forefront solving silicon-based microelectronics industry ’ s greatest challenge – making silicon chips smaller and smaller .
Leiber noted that “ continued shrinkage ultimately becomes problematic in terms of just how one achieves [ it ] .
” Instead , he created tiny logic circuits and memory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer – using nanowires .
And these circuits were really tiny , some of which just a few atoms across !
Ten years later , Leiber created a transistor so small it can be used to penetrate cell membranes and probe their interiors , without affecting the intercellular functions .
The bio-compatible transistor – the size of a virus – can not only measure activities inside a neuron but also heart cells and muscle fibers .
In 2017 , Leiber and his team successfully created flexible 3D nanowires mesh that can inject into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , attach itself to the neurons and monitor electrical signals between the cells .
It ’ s no surprise the Chinese officials were quick to get him onboard considering he ’ s the brightest brain when it comes to nanotechnology .
Not only his research would have made China an important player in this futuristic technology but it would also be a be a step forward towards China ’ s stated goal of Biological Dominance .
The importance of nanotechnology in advanced warfare can be understood from the fact that the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is one of the largest supporters of nanotechnology research .
They have funded hundreds of millions of dollars into various research related to nanoelectronics and nanomaterials .
The technology could help create nanosensors and nanocoatings that military could use to protect soldiers against chemical and biological attacks .
The fact that nanosensors can detect microscopic quantities of chemicals means it can be used as an effective early warning system against chemical warfare agents such as nerve agents and blood agents .
One can see why Charles Lieber ’ s secret association with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in nanotechnology could pose a serious threat .
Lieber lied about his involvement with the Thousand Talents Plan and affiliation with the Wuhan Institute of Technology and that makes him no less than a Chinese biowarfare agent .
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Dr. Charles Lieber is a nano-scientist at Harvard University. He was recently charged by the American authorities for secretly being a Chinese agent. However, there is a mystery surrounding the nature of his work. It is said he was recruited for advanced research into nanowire-batteries. But investigation by GreatGameIndia has shown that Lieber was infact working on virus transmitters that could penetrate cell membranes without affecting the intercellular functions and even measure activities inside heart cells and muscle fibers.
Chinese Agent Charles Lieber
Dr. Charles Leiber is a nano-scientist at Harvard University who also serves as a chair for Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He was arrested by the U.S. Department of Defense in January for lying about his association with China’s Thousand Talent Program. It is basically a recruitment plan which seeks to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and in return, reward individuals for stealing proprietary information.
According to the charging documents, Lieber was a contractual participant of the program and was paid $50,000 monthly, along with $158,000 in living expenses and $1.74 million to set up a research lab at Wuhan University. The fact that Lieber kept his association with the Chinese a secret put his integrity in question as well as financial conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities.
Nanowire-Batteries – a Smokescreen?
What’s more concerning is that the affidavit released by the federal prosecutors states that Leiber signed an agreement between Harvard and Wuhan Insitute of Technology. According to the affidavit, the purpose of the agreement was to “carry out advanced research and development of nanowire-based lithium-ion batteries with high performance for electric vehicles.”
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However, things don’t add up since the focus of Leiber’s research has never been about nanowire batteries. One nanoscientist and former student of Lieber’s says: “I have never seen Charlie working on batteries or nanowire batteries.” In fact, in all his research papers and patents, there is no mention of “batteries” or “vehicles”.
Although Lieber was released a day later on a $1 million bond, the question remains what exactly was the nature of Leiber’s research.
Leiber and his ‘Virus Transmitters’
Dr. Leiber joined Harvard in 1991. In his early days at the university, he made great strides in the field by growing nanowires in a flask. Researchers before Leiber were already creating wire-like structures with the help of semiconductors, metals and other materials. However, their approach would be quite expensive and would need clean-room facilities like the ones used by computer chip-makers.
In contrast, Lieber could create nanostructures using nothing but simple and inexpensive chemical techniques. He even went a step further to show how these nanowires could be used as transistors, complex logic circuits, data storage devices, and even sensors.
In 2001, Harvard Magazine published a report that discussed Leiber and his team’s research into what was termed as ‘Liquid Computing’. The report mentioned how Leiber was at the forefront solving silicon-based microelectronics industry’s greatest challenge – making silicon chips smaller and smaller.
Leiber noted that “continued shrinkage ultimately becomes problematic in terms of just how one achieves [it].” Instead, he created tiny logic circuits and memory – the two main components of a computer – using nanowires. And these circuits were really tiny, some of which just a few atoms across!
Ten years later, Leiber created a transistor so small it can be used to penetrate cell membranes and probe their interiors, without affecting the intercellular functions. The bio-compatible transistor – the size of a virus – can not only measure activities inside a neuron but also heart cells and muscle fibers.
In 2017, Leiber and his team successfully created flexible 3D nanowires mesh that can inject into the brain or retina of an animal, attach itself to the neurons and monitor electrical signals between the cells.
It’s no surprise the Chinese officials were quick to get him onboard considering he’s the brightest brain when it comes to nanotechnology. Not only his research would have made China an important player in this futuristic technology but it would also be a be a step forward towards China’s stated goal of Biological Dominance.
Nanotech in the Battlefield
The importance of nanotechnology in advanced warfare can be understood from the fact that the United States’ Department of Defense (DoD) is one of the largest supporters of nanotechnology research. They have funded hundreds of millions of dollars into various research related to nanoelectronics and nanomaterials.
The technology could help create nanosensors and nanocoatings that military could use to protect soldiers against chemical and biological attacks. The fact that nanosensors can detect microscopic quantities of chemicals means it can be used as an effective early warning system against chemical warfare agents such as nerve agents and blood agents.
One can see why Charles Lieber’s secret association with the Chinese institutes and universities and his expertise in nanotechnology could pose a serious threat. Lieber lied about his involvement with the Thousand Talents Plan and affiliation with the Wuhan Institute of Technology and that makes him no less than a Chinese biowarfare agent.
Another scientist who is key to the COVID-19 investigation is Dutch scientist Ron Fouchier. Fouchier is a controversial figure in the field of Viroscience. He created world’s deadliest virus strain and his research sparked a global controversy to de-fund and shutdown such experiments. Experts have raised concerns legally that such experiments could not only lead to a global pandemic but could also lead to bio-terrorism. However, Ron Fouchier is also a key to the COVID-19 investigation. He isolated the SARS Coronavirus smuggled out of Saudi Arabia which was sent to the Canadian scientist Frank Plummer, who ended up dead a week after GreatGameIndia‘s report was published.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-21--Two Chinese Doctors Turn Black After Recovering From COVID-19

Two Chinese doctors who fell critically ill with coronavirus found their skin had changed colour after surviving the deadly illness .
The two doctors ’ skin turned dark due to a type of medicine they were given during the early stages of their treatment .
One of the drug ’ s side effects is the darkening of skin colour .
Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu Weifeng , both 42 , were infected with Covid-19 while treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital in January .
Doctors treating them said they both needed to be put on life support but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them back from the brink of death their skin turned dark .
The skin colour change is being put down to a hormonal imbalance that took place as the doctors ’ livers were damaged by the virus , Chinese state media reports .
Dr Yi and Dr Hu both worked with whistle-blower Li Wenliang , who was punished for sounding the alarm of the virus and then died of the disease on February 7 .
The two medics were both diagnosed on January 18 and first taken to the Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state broadcaster CCTV .
Dr Yi , a cardiologist , beat Covid-19 after doctors hooked him to a life-support machine called ECMO for 39 days .
ECMO is a drastic life-support procedure which replaces the function of the heart and lungs by pumping oxygen into the blood outside the body .
Urologist Dr Hu ’ s condition was worse and he has been bed-bound for 99 days , his own doctor said .
Dr Li Shusheng – who is treating both health workers – said the two doctors ’ skin turned dark due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given during the early stages of their treatment .
He added that one of the drug ’ s side effects is the darkening of skin colour .
Although he did not identify the drug , Dr Li said both doctors ’ skin colour is expected to return to normal once their livers start functioning properly .
Dr Yi spoke to CCTV from his hospital bed , where he said he had largely recovered from the infection .
He said he could move in bed normally but was still struggling to walk independently .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I first gained conscious , especially after I got to know about my condition , I felt scared .
I had nightmares often.
’ Dr Hu underwent ECMO therapy from February 7 to March 22 but was unable to speak until April 11 .
He remains in intensive care .
Both doctors are being given mental health support as a result of their traumatic experiences , Dr Li said .
Zoe Drewett for the Metro UK .
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Two Chinese doctors who fell critically ill with coronavirus found their skin had changed colour after surviving the deadly illness. The two doctors’ skin turned dark due to a type of medicine they were given during the early stages of their treatment. One of the drug’s side effects is the darkening of skin colour.
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Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu Weifeng, both 42, were infected with Covid-19 while treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital in January.
Doctors treating them said they both needed to be put on life support but as a result of treatment to bring them back from the brink of death their skin turned dark. The skin colour change is being put down to a hormonal imbalance that took place as the doctors’ livers were damaged by the virus, Chinese state media reports.
Dr Yi and Dr Hu both worked with whistle-blower Li Wenliang, who was punished for sounding the alarm of the virus and then died of the disease on February 7.
The two medics were both diagnosed on January 18 and first taken to the Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital and then transferred twice, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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Dr Yi, a cardiologist, beat Covid-19 after doctors hooked him to a life-support machine called ECMO for 39 days.
ECMO is a drastic life-support procedure which replaces the function of the heart and lungs by pumping oxygen into the blood outside the body.
Urologist Dr Hu’s condition was worse and he has been bed-bound for 99 days, his own doctor said.
Dr Li Shusheng – who is treating both health workers – said the two doctors’ skin turned dark due to a type of medicine they were given during the early stages of their treatment. He added that one of the drug’s side effects is the darkening of skin colour.
Although he did not identify the drug, Dr Li said both doctors’ skin colour is expected to return to normal once their livers start functioning properly.
Dr Yi spoke to CCTV from his hospital bed, where he said he had largely recovered from the infection. He said he could move in bed normally but was still struggling to walk independently.
He told a reporter: ‘When I first gained conscious, especially after I got to know about my condition, I felt scared. I had nightmares often.’
Dr Hu underwent ECMO therapy from February 7 to March 22 but was unable to speak until April 11. He remains in intensive care.
Both doctors are being given mental health support as a result of their traumatic experiences, Dr Li said.
Zoe Drewett for the Metro UK. Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided. Join us on WhatsApp for more intel and updates.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-22--Sunlight Kills Coronavirus – US Dept Of Homeland Security Study

Preliminary results from a study by the US Department of Homeland Security has shown that Sunlight kills Coronavirus .
Lab experiments showed that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity , and is quickly destroyed by sunlight , providing evidence from controlled tests .
A briefing on the preliminary results of an unpublished research by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) , obtained by Yahoo News , discovered that sunlight coupled with high relative humidity , of over 40 % , can potentially prevent the spread of COVID-19 .
The DHS has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out a scientific experiment at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center ( NBACC ) lab .
The experiment was carried out in a controlled environment .
A droplet of saliva from a cough or sneeze was kept under observations under varying conditions related to temperature , humidity and sunlight .
Tests ultimately revealed how viruses in the saliva reacted to changes in ambient weather conditions .
• Virus lives longer at low humidity and inactivates faster at higher humidity • Virus lives longer at low temperatures and inactivates faster as temperature increases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the results as stated below : • Risk of transmission from surfaces outdoors is lower during daylight • Higher temperature and humidity of indoor environments will reduce the viral contamination on surfaces faster • Surfaces in low humidity environments ( e.g.
, airplane cabins ) may require additional care to minimize risk of transmission Harvey Fineberg , head of the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats , conveyed in a letter to the White House on April 7th that the DHS plans to conduct more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the findings .
The study corroborates the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City ’ s Maimonides Medical Center who claimed that COVID-19 patients need Oxygen therapy not Ventilator .
Additionally , a non-peer reviewed paper in March , 2020 , by MIT scientists Qasim Bukhari and Yusuf Jameel , observed that the virus was spreading more slowly in countries with a warmer climate .
The results of the study also raises a question to the total lockdown approach in tackling COVID-19 which is now being challenged by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a study conducted by the Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency himself concluded that COVID-19 infections subsided in 70 days irrespective of whether the country went into lockdown or remained open .
The sheer abundance and scale of the power of the Sun could prove to be the winner among alternative curative methods particularly for a country like India , which largely has a hot climate and higher humidity of the monsoon follows the summer season .
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Preliminary results from a study by the US Department of Homeland Security has shown that Sunlight kills Coronavirus. Lab experiments showed that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests.
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A briefing on the preliminary results of an unpublished research by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), obtained by Yahoo News, discovered that sunlight coupled with high relative humidity, of over 40%, can potentially prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The study found that the risk of “transmission from surfaces outdoors is lower during daylight” and under higher temperature and humidity conditions. “Sunlight destroys the virus quickly,” reads the briefing.
The DHS has a science and technology directorate which carried out a scientific experiment at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) lab.
The experiment was carried out in a controlled environment. A droplet of saliva from a cough or sneeze was kept under observations under varying conditions related to temperature, humidity and sunlight. Tests ultimately revealed how viruses in the saliva reacted to changes in ambient weather conditions.
The results showed:
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Virus lives longer at low humidity and inactivates faster at higher humidity
Virus lives longer at low temperatures and inactivates faster as temperature increases
Sunlight destroys the virus quickly
The study also pointed out Operational Relevance of the results as stated below:
Risk of transmission from surfaces outdoors is lower during daylight
Higher temperature and humidity of indoor environments will reduce the viral contamination on surfaces faster
Surfaces in low humidity environments (e.g., airplane cabins) may require additional care to minimize risk of transmission
Harvey Fineberg, head of the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats, conveyed in a letter to the White House on April 7th that the DHS plans to conduct more laboratory tests to confirm the validity of the findings.
The study corroborates the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City’s Maimonides Medical Center who claimed that COVID-19 patients need Oxygen therapy not Ventilator.
Additionally, a non-peer reviewed paper in March, 2020, by MIT scientists Qasim Bukhari and Yusuf Jameel, observed that the virus was spreading more slowly in countries with a warmer climate.
The results of the study also raises a question to the total lockdown approach in tackling COVID-19 which is now being challenged by experts worldwide. Infact, results of a study conducted by the Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency himself concluded that COVID-19 infections subsided in 70 days irrespective of whether the country went into lockdown or remained open.
The sheer abundance and scale of the power of the Sun could prove to be the winner among alternative curative methods particularly for a country like India, which largely has a hot climate and higher humidity of the monsoon follows the summer season.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-24--Dutch Virologist Ron Fouchier – Another Key To COVID-19 Investigation

Dutch Virologist Ron Fouchier is a controversial figure in the field of Viroscience .
He created world ’ s deadliest virus strain and his research sparked a global controversy to de-fund and shutdown such experiments .
Experts have raised concerns legally that such experiments could not only lead to a global pandemic but could also lead to bio-terrorism .
However , Ron Fouchier is also a key to the COVID-19 investigation .
He isolated the SARS Coronavirus smuggled out of Saudi Arabia which was sent to the Canadian scientist Frank Plummer , who ended up dead a week after GreatGameIndia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigation takes a deeper look at the controversial nature of Ron Fouchier ’ s work , with regards to the COVID-19 outbreak .
Ron Fouchier is a Dutch virologist who works as a professor at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam , Netherlands .
His field of expertise is Molecular Virology and Virus Evolution and has been involved in the discovery and sequencing of several viruses including SARS in 2003 and H1N1 in 2009 .
Fouchier ’ s research and publications were at the center of heated debate when in 2011 , he and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that can spread among ferrets without direct contact .
His study showed that such an airborne virus can jump onto humans and can lead to a global pandemic or worse – bioterrorism .
In September 2011 , Fouchier stood at the intercontinental hotel in Malta and told an audience of scientists how a mutated H5N1 virus he created has the capability to evolve in mammals to achieve airborne transmissibility .
In other words , he had created the world ’ s most dangerous virus .
Although H5N1 bird flu can kill humans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not spread easily among humans without direct contact .
However , with Fouchier ’ s discovery of the mutated strain of the virus , that might change .
“ The virus is transmitted as efficiently as seasonal flu , ” says Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam , the Netherlands , who reported the work at a scientific meeting on flu in Malta .
With the help of genetic engineering and serial infections , the study outlined the experiment in which he showed how the mutated virus spread among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
His findings suggested that as less as five mutations in H5N1 bird flu virus are needed to make it airborne .
Questions were raised whether or not these findings should be made public and published in research journals .
While his peers advocated that the findings should be published with all the key details , biosecurity experts argued that experiments like these shouldn ’ t have been done in the first place let alone get published .
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity ( NSABB ) recommended that the study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is published .
However , the board changed its mind and allowed the studies to publish in full in March 2012 .
In a scathing report on the Fouchier experiments , Lynn Klotz , a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation wrote for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists : Lab incidents that lead to undetected or unreported laboratory-acquired infections can lead to the release of a disease into the community outside the lab ; lab workers with such infections will leave work carrying the pathogen with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a potential pandemic pathogen , such a community release could lead to a worldwide pandemic with many fatalities .
Of greatest concern is a release of a lab-created , mammalian-airborne-transmissible , highly pathogenic avian influenza virus , such as the airborne-transmissible H5N1 viruses created in the laboratories of Ron Fouchier in the Netherlands .
Given the many ways by which human error can occur , it is doubtful that Fouchier ’ s human-error-prevention measures can eliminate release of airborne-transmissible avian flu into the community through undetected or unreported lab infections .
The mammalian-airborne-transmissible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Fouchier labs should be able to infect humans through the air , and the viruses could be deadly .
The Fouchier controversy raised concern at the shortcomings of the government , funding agencies , scientists , and journals at handling dangerous discoveries .
For instance , NSABB had no clue about Fouchier ’ s research until the journals were ready to publish it .
In 2013 , Fouchier lost his legal battle against the Dutch government which prevented him from publishing his H5N1 mutant virus research without seeking permission first .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and so-called “ dual-use ” technology that could be used for good or evil , ” the court said .
In October 2014 , the United States officials announced a pause in funding of gain-of-function ( GOF ) studies related to influenza MERS and SARS .
However , according to ScienceInsider , in 2018 , the U.S health committee quietly approved funding for Fouchier ’ s studies related to the H5N1 virus that caused furor 8 years ago .
In June 2012 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virologist working at Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jedda , Saudi Arabia came across an unidentifiable virus he isolated from a 60-year old patient that died recently .
Frustrated with the lack of information about the virus , Dr. Zaki sent the virus sample to Fouchier in the Netherlands .
It turned out to be a new type of coronavirus , previously unknown to the scientific community .
Fuchier tentatively named the virus betacoronavirus 2c EMC ( hCoV-EMC ) after Erasmus Medical Center before WHO intervened and rechristened the virus as MERS ( Middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was first named HCoV-KSA1 , for human coronavirus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .
Saudi Arabia – the county where the virus originated – was unhappy with Fouchier ’ s conduct .
The virus was smuggled outside the country without the approval of the Saudi authorities .
If that wasn ’ t enough , Saudi scientists were asked to sign an EMC material-transfer agreement ( MTA ) before they can get their hands on the smuggled virus samples .
Saudi authorities were unhappy that , although the virus was first isolated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resulted in handing sovereign and intellectual-property rights on the first diagnostic tests or treatments over to an institute in the Netherlands .
They claim that Zaki kept them in the dark about his work , including his shipment of the virus to the Netherlands .
Ziad Memish , Saudi Arabia ’ s deputy minister of health , asserted that national procedures for reporting potential new pathogens “ were either intentionally or inadvertently circumvented.
” Ron Fouchier ’ s tryst with controversy does not end with Saudi Arabia .
As reported in GreatGameIndia ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one who sent Coronavirus to the Canadian scientist Frank Plummer at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg .
It was under Plummer , Chinese biowarfare spy Xiangguo Qiu and her team smuggled deadly coronaviruses from the Canadian lab to Wuhan Institute of Virology .
Like Fouchier and the Chinese agent Charles Lieber who created virus-transmitters , Plummer was the key to the COVID-19 investigation and co-incidentally ended up dead a week after the publication of our report .
( A detailed report on Frank Plummer will be published by us later . )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the results of such “ dual-use research of concern ” studies should be made public or not .
While some say it ’ s necessary for the scientific community to push the envelope , others warn that studies like these should never happen in the first place .
Although , the moot question is – is it a coincidence that the way the Saudi SARS Coronavirus was smuggled out of Saudi Arabia , in an exact similar fashion the virus was also smuggled out by Chinese spies from the Canadian lab to Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under investigation for the COVID-19 outbreak ?
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Dutch Virologist Ron Fouchier is a controversial figure in the field of Viroscience. He created world’s deadliest virus strain and his research sparked a global controversy to de-fund and shutdown such experiments. Experts have raised concerns legally that such experiments could not only lead to a global pandemic but could also lead to bio-terrorism. However, Ron Fouchier is also a key to the COVID-19 investigation. He isolated the SARS Coronavirus smuggled out of Saudi Arabia which was sent to the Canadian scientist Frank Plummer, who ended up dead a week after GreatGameIndia‘s report was published. This investigation takes a deeper look at the controversial nature of Ron Fouchier’s work, with regards to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Ron Fouchier is a Dutch virologist who works as a professor at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His field of expertise is Molecular Virology and Virus Evolution and has been involved in the discovery and sequencing of several viruses including SARS in 2003 and H1N1 in 2009.
Fouchier’s research and publications were at the center of heated debate when in 2011, he and his team created a mutant H5N1 virus that can spread among ferrets without direct contact. His study showed that such an airborne virus can jump onto humans and can lead to a global pandemic or worse – bioterrorism.
2011 Mutant H5N1 Virus Controversy
In September 2011, Fouchier stood at the intercontinental hotel in Malta and told an audience of scientists how a mutated H5N1 virus he created has the capability to evolve in mammals to achieve airborne transmissibility. In other words, he had created the world’s most dangerous virus.
Although H5N1 bird flu can kill humans, it has not gone pandemic because it cannot spread easily among humans without direct contact. However, with Fouchier’s discovery of the mutated strain of the virus, that might change.
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“The virus is transmitted as efficiently as seasonal flu,” says Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, who reported the work at a scientific meeting on flu in Malta.
With the help of genetic engineering and serial infections, the study outlined the experiment in which he showed how the mutated virus spread among a group of ferrets without direct contact. His findings suggested that as less as five mutations in H5N1 bird flu virus are needed to make it airborne.
Biosecurity Concerns
Questions were raised whether or not these findings should be made public and published in research journals. While his peers advocated that the findings should be published with all the key details, biosecurity experts argued that experiments like these shouldn’t have been done in the first place let alone get published.
“I think that the publication does increase the probability that others will want to replicate the experiments and pursue this line of research further. The more labs that are doing this research, the more likely an accidental escape becomes.” He gave an example of how in 1977, the H1N1 virus re-emerged when a lab accident leaked out the virus in Russia. Eric S. Toner, MD, senior associate in the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said.
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) recommended that the study should be stripped of key details before it is published. However, the board changed its mind and allowed the studies to publish in full in March 2012.
In a scathing report on the Fouchier experiments, Lynn Klotz, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation wrote for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
Lab incidents that lead to undetected or unreported laboratory-acquired infections can lead to the release of a disease into the community outside the lab; lab workers with such infections will leave work carrying the pathogen with them. If the agent involved were a potential pandemic pathogen, such a community release could lead to a worldwide pandemic with many fatalities. Of greatest concern is a release of a lab-created, mammalian-airborne-transmissible, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, such as the airborne-transmissible H5N1 viruses created in the laboratories of Ron Fouchier in the Netherlands. Given the many ways by which human error can occur, it is doubtful that Fouchier’s human-error-prevention measures can eliminate release of airborne-transmissible avian flu into the community through undetected or unreported lab infections. The mammalian-airborne-transmissible, highly pathogenic avian influenza created in the Fouchier labs should be able to infect humans through the air, and the viruses could be deadly.
Government funding of “dual-use” technology
The Fouchier controversy raised concern at the shortcomings of the government, funding agencies, scientists, and journals at handling dangerous discoveries. For instance, NSABB had no clue about Fouchier’s research until the journals were ready to publish it.
In 2013, Fouchier lost his legal battle against the Dutch government which prevented him from publishing his H5N1 mutant virus research without seeking permission first. “The government correctly interpreted E.U. regulations aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and so-called “dual-use” technology that could be used for good or evil,” the court said.
In October 2014, the United States officials announced a pause in funding of gain-of-function (GOF) studies related to influenza MERS and SARS. However, according to ScienceInsider, in 2018, the U.S health committee quietly approved funding for Fouchier’s studies related to the H5N1 virus that caused furor 8 years ago.
2012 Saudi SARS Coronavirus Controversy
In June 2012, Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki, an Egyptian virologist working at Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jedda, Saudi Arabia came across an unidentifiable virus he isolated from a 60-year old patient that died recently.
Frustrated with the lack of information about the virus, Dr. Zaki sent the virus sample to Fouchier in the Netherlands. It turned out to be a new type of coronavirus, previously unknown to the scientific community. Fuchier tentatively named the virus betacoronavirus 2c EMC (hCoV-EMC) after Erasmus Medical Center before WHO intervened and rechristened the virus as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The virus was first named HCoV-KSA1, for human coronavirus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia – the county where the virus originated – was unhappy with Fouchier’s conduct. The coronavirus was smuggled out of Saudi Arabia without the approval of the Saudi authorities. If that wasn’t enough, Saudi scientists were asked to sign an EMC material-transfer agreement (MTA) before they can get their hands on the smuggled virus samples.
Saudi authorities were unhappy that, although the virus was first isolated in their country, Zaki’s action resulted in handing sovereign and intellectual-property rights on the first diagnostic tests or treatments over to an institute in the Netherlands. They claim that Zaki kept them in the dark about his work, including his shipment of the virus to the Netherlands. Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister of health, asserted that national procedures for reporting potential new pathogens “were either intentionally or inadvertently circumvented.”
COVID-19 Controversy
Ron Fouchier’s tryst with controversy does not end with Saudi Arabia. As reported in GreatGameIndia‘s investigative report, Fouchier was the one who sent Coronavirus to the Canadian scientist Frank Plummer at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. It was under Plummer, Chinese biowarfare spy Xiangguo Qiu and her team smuggled deadly coronaviruses from the Canadian lab to Wuhan Institute of Virology.
EXCLUSIVE#Coronavirus Bioweapon Thread How China Stole Coronavirus From Canada And Weaponized Ithttps://t.co/tc7W2DrmAA — GreatGameIndia (@GreatGameIndia) January 27, 2020
Like Fouchier and the Chinese agent Charles Lieber who created virus-transmitters, Plummer was the key to the COVID-19 investigation and co-incidentally ended up dead a week after the publication of our report. (A detailed report on Frank Plummer will be published by us later.)
The jury is still out on whether the results of such “dual-use research of concern” studies should be made public or not. While some say it’s necessary for the scientific community to push the envelope, others warn that studies like these should never happen in the first place.
Although, the moot question is – is it a coincidence that the way the Saudi SARS Coronavirus was smuggled out of Saudi Arabia, in an exact similar fashion the virus was also smuggled out by Chinese spies from the Canadian lab to Wuhan Institute of Virology – which is now under investigation for the COVID-19 outbreak?
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greatgameindia--2020-04-25--Bill Gates Has Been Stockpiling Food In Basement For Pandemic

Anxious about a potential pandemic , Bill Gates has been stockpiling food in his basement .
During an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live , Melinda Gates , the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates , revealed that the couple worried about how they would obtain water and food if a crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic were to develop .
“ A number of years ago , we had talked about , you know , ‘ What if there wasn ’ t clean water ?
What if there wasn ’ t enough food ?
Where might we go ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ? '
” Gates said .
“ So I think we should leave those preparations to ourselves .
… We had prepared and had some food in the basement in case needed .
… Now , we ’ re all in the same situation.
” “ What we mostly talk about now in our home every night is how lucky we are .
We understand our privilege , and when we say our grace at night , what we ’ re thankful for around the table is that we aren ’ t struggling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as so many families around the world are , ” Gates added .
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Anxious about a potential pandemic, Bill Gates has been stockpiling food in his basement. During an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Melinda Gates, the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, revealed that the couple worried about how they would obtain water and food if a crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic were to develop.
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“A number of years ago, we had talked about, you know, ‘What if there wasn’t clean water? What if there wasn’t enough food? Where might we go? What might we do as a family?'” Gates said. “So I think we should leave those preparations to ourselves. … We had prepared and had some food in the basement in case needed. … Now, we’re all in the same situation.”
“What we mostly talk about now in our home every night is how lucky we are. We understand our privilege, and when we say our grace at night, what we’re thankful for around the table is that we aren’t struggling to put a meal on the table as so many families around the world are,” Gates added.
"We had prepared for years"@MelindaGates told @EmmaBarnett how her family had prepared for a pandemic and what they think about wearing masks. Listen live on @BBCSounds 📻 https://t.co/4SnxX44AQs pic.twitter.com/SE9MlxrW44 — BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) April 16, 2020
Earlier, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former American President John F. Kennedy, in a lengthy piece exposed Bill Gates agenda in India and his “obsession with vaccines”. Further investigation by GreatGameIndia uncovered the Deep State collaborations between American and Chinese biotechs at the forefront of Coronavirus vaccine development – marketed worldwide by an entity funded by Bill Gates and Clinton initiative called UNITAID – The Pharma Cartel.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-25--Ultraviolet Light Technology To Treat Coronavirus

Americans are working on an ultraviolet light technology as a potential treatment for Coronavirus , now known as “ the cure that time forgot ” .
The Healight Platform Technology ( “ Healight ” ) discovered and developed by scientists at Cedars-Sinai , is being studied as a potential first-in-class treatment for coronavirus and other respiratory infections .
Led by Mark Pimentel , MD , the research team of the Medically Associated Science and Technology ( MAST ) Program at Cedars-Sinai has been developing the patent-pending Healight platform since 2016 and has produced a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as an antiviral and antibacterial treatment .
The Healight technology employs proprietary methods of administering intermittent ultraviolet ( UV ) A light via a novel endotracheal medical device .
Pre-clinical findings indicate the technology ’ s significant impact on eradicating a wide range of viruses and bacteria , inclusive of coronavirus .
The data have been the basis of discussions with the FDA for a near-term path to enable human use for the potential treatment of coronavirus in intubated patients in the intensive care unit ( ICU ) .
Beyond the initial pursuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data suggest broader clinical applications for the technology across a range of viral and bacterial pathogens .
This includes bacteria implicated in ventilator associated pneumonia ( VAP ) .
“ Our team has shown that administering a specific spectrum of UV-A light can eradicate viruses in infected human cells ( including coronavirus ) and bacteria in the area while preserving healthy cells , ” stated Dr. Pimentel of Cedars-Sinai .
Ali Rezaie , MD , one of the inventors of this technology states , “ Our lab at Cedars-Sinai has extensively studied the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and viruses .
Based on our findings we believe this therapeutic approach has the potential to significantly impact the high morbidity and mortality of coronavirus-infected patients and patients infected with other respiratory pathogens .
We are looking forward to partnering with Aytu BioScience to move this technology forward for the benefit of patients all over the world.
” Ultraviolet blood irradiation ( UBI ) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia , pneumonia , tuberculosis , arthritis , asthma and even poliomyelitis .
The early studies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery .
However with the development of antibiotics , the use of UBI declined and it has now been called “ the cure that time forgot ” .
Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries , and the modern view in Western countries is that UBI remains highly controversial .
Low and mild doses of UV kill microorganisms by damaging the DNA , while any DNA damage in host cells can be rapidly repaired by DNA repair enzymes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are resistant to all known antibiotics , UBI should be more investigated as an alternative approach to infections , and as an immune-modulating therapy .
Preliminary results from a study by the US Department of Homeland Security has shown that Sunlight kills Coronavirus .
Lab experiments showed that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity , and is quickly destroyed by sunlight , providing evidence from controlled tests .
The study corroborates the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City ’ s Maimonides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need Oxygen therapy not Ventilator .
The sheer abundance and scale of the power of the Sun could prove to be the winner among alternative curative methods particularly for a country like India , which largely has a hot climate and higher humidity of the monsoon follows the summer season .
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Americans are working on an ultraviolet light technology as a potential treatment for Coronavirus, now known as “the cure that time forgot“. The Healight Platform Technology (“Healight”) discovered and developed by scientists at Cedars-Sinai, is being studied as a potential first-in-class treatment for coronavirus and other respiratory infections.
Led by Mark Pimentel, MD, the research team of the Medically Associated Science and Technology (MAST) Program at Cedars-Sinai has been developing the patent-pending Healight platform since 2016 and has produced a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating pre-clinical safety and effectiveness of the technology as an antiviral and antibacterial treatment.
The Healight technology employs proprietary methods of administering intermittent ultraviolet (UV) A light via a novel endotracheal medical device. Pre-clinical findings indicate the technology’s significant impact on eradicating a wide range of viruses and bacteria, inclusive of coronavirus.
The data have been the basis of discussions with the FDA for a near-term path to enable human use for the potential treatment of coronavirus in intubated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Beyond the initial pursuit of a coronavirus ICU indication, additional data suggest broader clinical applications for the technology across a range of viral and bacterial pathogens. This includes bacteria implicated in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).
UPDATE: Meanwhile, YouTube has taken down the official video on UV light tech for coronavirus and Twitter suspended their official account. However, the above video is still active. Let us know if it gets taken down. https://twitter.com/MichaelCoudrey/status/1254255771774119936
In a press release Dr. Pimentel of Cedars-Sinai stated:
“Our team has shown that administering a specific spectrum of UV-A light can eradicate viruses in infected human cells (including coronavirus) and bacteria in the area while preserving healthy cells,” stated Dr. Pimentel of Cedars-Sinai. Ali Rezaie, MD, one of the inventors of this technology states, “Our lab at Cedars-Sinai has extensively studied the effects of this unique technology on bacteria and viruses. Based on our findings we believe this therapeutic approach has the potential to significantly impact the high morbidity and mortality of coronavirus-infected patients and patients infected with other respiratory pathogens. We are looking forward to partnering with Aytu BioScience to move this technology forward for the benefit of patients all over the world.”
Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis. The early studies were carried out by several physicians in USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery. However with the development of antibiotics, the use of UBI declined and it has now been called “the cure that time forgot”. Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries, and the modern view in Western countries is that UBI remains highly controversial.
Low and mild doses of UV kill microorganisms by damaging the DNA, while any DNA damage in host cells can be rapidly repaired by DNA repair enzymes. With the recent emergence of bacteria that are resistant to all known antibiotics, UBI should be more investigated as an alternative approach to infections, and as an immune-modulating therapy.
Preliminary results from a study by the US Department of Homeland Security has shown that Sunlight kills Coronavirus. Lab experiments showed that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests.
The study corroborates the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City’s Maimonides Medical Center who claimed that COVID-19 patients need Oxygen therapy not Ventilator.
The sheer abundance and scale of the power of the Sun could prove to be the winner among alternative curative methods particularly for a country like India, which largely has a hot climate and higher humidity of the monsoon follows the summer season.
For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-25--Secret US Cable That Saw Coronavirus Crisis Coming

A secret US State Department cable that saw Coronavirus crisis coming was leaked by Wikileaks providing a fleeting inside-look at Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative .
While the document ’ s State Department senders designated the cable “ SECRET/NOFORN ” ( no foreign nationals ) and marked it for de-classification in 2019 , Wikileaks made it public a decade ahead of schedule .
COVID-19 : It ’ s all we talk about , on the cable news , and in our 6-foot socially-distanced prison walks around our silent neighborhoods .
And in nearly every conversation comes the intellectual shrug , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” A single phrase that neatly absolves governments and experts alike of any responsibility of predicting the pandemic and , if not being able to stop it , at least cushioning its blow .
We even have a name for it ( credit Nassim Nicholas Taleb ) : A Black Swan – the quintessential case of something never seen before .
Except for the fact that some of us did see this coming , whether it ’ s Bill Gates in his 2015 TED talk , or the unnamed author of the 2008 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2025 , which includes a section called “ Potential Emergence of a Global Pandemic ” : So if Black Swan is a misnomer , what is it that ’ s got us locked in our homes , wearing gloves and masks ?
Call it a Red Swan , given COVID-19 ’ s point of origin , whether it seeped out on the sleeve of a lab tech at the Wuhan Virology Lab or jumped to a human host off a butcher ’ s hook at the Wuhan wet market .
But is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20-20 hindsight ?
After all , who could see COVID-19 coming ?
Well , we did .
We — as in nodes within the U.S. Government tasked with tracking critical infrastructure on a global scale , literally maintaining a list of critical materials and capabilities , wherever they may be around the globe .
How do we know ?
It ’ s an interesting story , with a classified document and a cloak-and-dagger tale of how it came to light .
It starts with Julian Assange , the famed Wikileaker .
In early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means indiscriminate , he spilled out a torrent of U.S. Government diplomatic cables – ultimately 251,000 in all .
Among the documents , a cable sent by the U.S. State Department , providing a fleeting inside-look at something called the “ Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative.
” While the document ’ s State Department senders designated the cable “ SECRET/NOFORN ” ( no foreign nationals ) and marked it for de-classification in 2019 .
Wikileaks made it public a decade ahead of schedule , revealing an intriguing list of “ Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could critically impact the public health , economic security , and/or national and homeland security of the United States.
” What ’ s on the no-longer-Secret U.S. Government list ?
Under the heading for China : “ Polypropylene Filter Material for N-95 Masks ” …Precisely the ones the federal government and states are scrambling to source right now .
That ’ s right : The U.S. Government knew in 2009 that N-95 masks were critical , came from China… And did nothing about it .
But there ’ s more – and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China that has only deepened in the past decade .
The classified list includes a series of Chinese mines deemed critical : Six Chinese mines , understood in 2009 to be critical to U.S. national security , producing essential materials needed for technology applications ranging from aluminum and steel production , uranium processing , EV batteries and flat-panel displays to aerospace and missile guidance systems , infrared imaging , fiber optics , lasers , advanced airframes , body armor and armor plate .
In short , just about every major U.S. advanced manufacturing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Why would Chinese production of these six materials be a matter of U.S. national security ?
Because at the time , for these six materials the U.S. was 100 % import-dependent – producing precisely zero – for fluorspar , graphite and rare earths , 90 % dependent for germanium , 80 % for tin and 63 % for tungsten .
In the cases of fluorspar , graphite , rare earths and tungsten , China was the world ’ s leading producer , and was a Top 3 producer for germanium and tin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that highly-classified warning ?
The U.S. remains 100 % dependent for fluorspar , graphite and rare earths .
China remains the world ’ s top supplier .
And while the dependency has eased a bit for germanium , tin and tungsten , the U.S. remains more than 50 % import dependent for each , while China ’ s role as global provider stands unchanged .
And this , despite the fact that the U.S. hosts known resources for all six , but simply fails to make mining , refining and recovering them a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the cable makes for interesting reading in light of today ’ s COVID pandemic – and as U.S. policymakers embark on a rolling series of multi-trillion dollar spending bills , the next of which will include infrastructure projects .
At issue is not just one but three layers of risk : Maybe the metals and minerals produced by the Chinese mines will be withheld in time of conflict , as Beijing seeks to leverage access for American concessions .
Maybe the metals and minerals will soon be prioritized for internal Chinese consumption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program to drive Chinese technology dominance , with little left for export to the U.S. or elsewhere .
Or maybe – as the leaked cable presciently notes – the Chinese mines will be disrupted by a pandemic , slamming on the supply chain brakes for a U.S. economy dependent on critical materials that go from arriving “ just in time ” to “ not at all.
” In any case , the warning could hardly be more clear .
The U.S. has a choice : It can take immediate steps to reduce its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for critical technology metals .
Or we can hope COVID 2.0 will not disrupt supply in a second global shut-down – or that Beijing won ’ t one day decide to curtail access to these critical materials in time of crisis .
But here ’ s one thing we can no longer do : If an act of nature or of man cuts off U.S. access to vital technology materials , we can ’ t claim to be surprised by the appearance of a Red Swan .
We ’ ve seen it coming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , served in senior positions in the White House and Department of Defense , and has testified in the U.S. Senate and House on critical minerals issues .
McGroarty is principal of Washington , D.C.-based Carmot Strategic Group , and president of the American Resources Policy Network , a non-partisan virtual think tank dedicated to informing the public on the importance of developing U.S. metal and mineral resources .
The views expressed here are his own .
For The Economic Standard .
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A secret US State Department cable that saw Coronavirus crisis coming was leaked by Wikileaks providing a fleeting inside-look at Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative. While the document’s State Department senders designated the cable “SECRET/NOFORN” (no foreign nationals) and marked it for de-classification in 2019, Wikileaks made it public a decade ahead of schedule.
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COVID-19: It’s all we talk about, on the cable news, and in our 6-foot socially-distanced prison walks around our silent neighborhoods. And in nearly every conversation comes the intellectual shrug, “who could have seen this coming?” A single phrase that neatly absolves governments and experts alike of any responsibility of predicting the pandemic and, if not being able to stop it, at least cushioning its blow. We even have a name for it (credit Nassim Nicholas Taleb): A Black Swan – the quintessential case of something never seen before.
Except for the fact that some of us did see this coming, whether it’s Bill Gates in his 2015 TED talk, or the unnamed author of the 2008 U.S. Government Intelligence Report envisioning the World of 2025, which includes a section called “Potential Emergence of a Global Pandemic”:
“If a pandemic disease emerges, it probably will first occur in an area marked by high population density and close association between humans and animals, such as many areas of China and Southeast Asia, where human populations live in close proximity to livestock.”
So if Black Swan is a misnomer, what is it that’s got us locked in our homes, wearing gloves and masks? Call it a Red Swan, given COVID-19’s point of origin, whether it seeped out on the sleeve of a lab tech at the Wuhan Virology Lab or jumped to a human host off a butcher’s hook at the Wuhan wet market.
But is it unfair to engage in so much 20-20 hindsight? After all, who could see COVID-19 coming?
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Well, we did. We — as in nodes within the U.S. Government tasked with tracking critical infrastructure on a global scale, literally maintaining a list of critical materials and capabilities, wherever they may be around the globe.
How do we know? It’s an interesting story, with a classified document and a cloak-and-dagger tale of how it came to light. It starts with Julian Assange, the famed Wikileaker. In early 2010, his motives nefarious and his means indiscriminate, he spilled out a torrent of U.S. Government diplomatic cables – ultimately 251,000 in all.
Among the documents, a cable sent by the U.S. State Department, providing a fleeting inside-look at something called the “Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative.”
While the document’s State Department senders designated the cable “SECRET/NOFORN” (no foreign nationals) and marked it for de-classification in 2019. Wikileaks made it public a decade ahead of schedule, revealing an intriguing list of “Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources” outside of the U.S. “whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the United States.”
What’s on the no-longer-Secret U.S. Government list?
Under the heading for China: “Polypropylene Filter Material for N-95 Masks”
…Precisely the ones the federal government and states are scrambling to source right now. That’s right: The U.S. Government knew in 2009 that N-95 masks were critical, came from China… And did nothing about it.
But there’s more – and it goes to the broader supply-chain dependence on China that has only deepened in the past decade. The classified list includes a series of Chinese mines deemed critical:
Fluorspar Mine
Germanium Mine
Graphite Mine
Rare Earth Minerals/Elements
Tin Mine and Plant
Tungsten – Mine and Plant
Six Chinese mines, understood in 2009 to be critical to U.S. national security, producing essential materials needed for technology applications ranging from aluminum and steel production, uranium processing, EV batteries and flat-panel displays to aerospace and missile guidance systems, infrared imaging, fiber optics, lasers, advanced airframes, body armor and armor plate. In short, just about every major U.S. advanced manufacturing sector as well as 21stCentury weapons platforms.
Why would Chinese production of these six materials be a matter of U.S. national security?
Because at the time, for these six materials the U.S. was 100% import-dependent – producing precisely zero – for fluorspar, graphite and rare earths, 90% dependent for germanium, 80% for tin and 63% for tungsten. In the cases of fluorspar, graphite, rare earths and tungsten, China was the world’s leading producer, and was a Top 3 producer for germanium and tin.
And today, 10 years after that highly-classified warning?
The U.S. remains 100% dependent for fluorspar, graphite and rare earths. China remains the world’s top supplier. And while the dependency has eased a bit for germanium, tin and tungsten, the U.S. remains more than 50% import dependent for each, while China’s role as global provider stands unchanged.
And this, despite the fact that the U.S. hosts known resources for all six, but simply fails to make mining, refining and recovering them a policy priority.
As a warning unheeded, the cable makes for interesting reading in light of today’s COVID pandemic – and as U.S. policymakers embark on a rolling series of multi-trillion dollar spending bills, the next of which will include infrastructure projects.
At issue is not just one but three layers of risk: Maybe the metals and minerals produced by the Chinese mines will be withheld in time of conflict, as Beijing seeks to leverage access for American concessions. Maybe the metals and minerals will soon be prioritized for internal Chinese consumption, under its Made in China 2025 program to drive Chinese technology dominance, with little left for export to the U.S. or elsewhere.
Or maybe – as the leaked cable presciently notes – the Chinese mines will be disrupted by a pandemic, slamming on the supply chain brakes for a U.S. economy dependent on critical materials that go from arriving “just in time” to “not at all.”
In any case, the warning could hardly be more clear. The U.S. has a choice: It can take immediate steps to reduce its dangerous dependency on a Chinese supply chain for critical technology metals. Or we can hope COVID 2.0 will not disrupt supply in a second global shut-down – or that Beijing won’t one day decide to curtail access to these critical materials in time of crisis.
But here’s one thing we can no longer do: If an act of nature or of man cuts off U.S. access to vital technology materials, we can’t claim to be surprised by the appearance of a Red Swan. We’ve seen it coming.
Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy editor, served in senior positions in the White House and Department of Defense, and has testified in the U.S. Senate and House on critical minerals issues. McGroarty is principal of Washington, D.C.-based Carmot Strategic Group, and president of the American Resources Policy Network, a non-partisan virtual think tank dedicated to informing the public on the importance of developing U.S. metal and mineral resources. The views expressed here are his own. For The Economic Standard. Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided. Join us on WhatsApp for more intel and updates.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-25--Mysterious Pneumonia Kills 11,000 Birds In Germany

A mysterious Pneumonia has killed more than 11,000 birds in Germany .
Thousands of blue tits have been found sick or dead in Germany , prompting an investigation by conservation groups and scientists .
Symptoms of the diseased birds include breathing problems , no longer taking food and making no attempt to escape when approached by people .
Thousands of blue tits have been found sick or dead in Germany , prompting an investigation by conservation groups and scientists .
More than 11,000 cases of dead and sick birds , mostly blue tits , have been reported to the German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most of these are reported from the west of Germany .
The blue tit is found across Europe and is one of the most common visitors to UK gardens .
They eat insects , caterpillars , seeds and nuts and can be spotted all year round in the UK , with the exception of some Scottish islands .
According to NABU , symptoms of the diseased birds include breathing problems , no longer taking food and making no attempt to escape when approached by people .
The group is advising people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ birds to reduce the risk of transmission between them .
The first laboratory test results on the dead birds have found a bacterial infection ( Suttonella ornithocola ) that has been known in the UK since the 1990s and which affects birds similarly .
The infection was reported in Germany in 2018 .
Further test results on birds are expected over the next few days .
The infection discovered causes pneumonia in tits – predominantly blue tits – and they become lethargic with fluffed-up plumage and breathing difficulties .
There are no reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from birds .
Tom Levitt for The Guardian .
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A mysterious Pneumonia has killed more than 11,000 birds in Germany. Thousands of blue tits have been found sick or dead in Germany, prompting an investigation by conservation groups and scientists. Symptoms of the diseased birds include breathing problems, no longer taking food and making no attempt to escape when approached by people.
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Thousands of blue tits have been found sick or dead in Germany, prompting an investigation by conservation groups and scientists.
More than 11,000 cases of dead and sick birds, mostly blue tits, have been reported to the German conservation group NABU in the past fortnight. Most of these are reported from the west of Germany.
The blue tit is found across Europe and is one of the most common visitors to UK gardens. They eat insects, caterpillars, seeds and nuts and can be spotted all year round in the UK, with the exception of some Scottish islands.
According to NABU, symptoms of the diseased birds include breathing problems, no longer taking food and making no attempt to escape when approached by people. The group is advising people to stop feeding or providing drinking troughs for birds to reduce the risk of transmission between them.
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The first laboratory test results on the dead birds have found a bacterial infection (Suttonella ornithocola) that has been known in the UK since the 1990s and which affects birds similarly. The infection was reported in Germany in 2018. Further test results on birds are expected over the next few days.
The infection discovered causes pneumonia in tits – predominantly blue tits – and they become lethargic with fluffed-up plumage and breathing difficulties. There are no reports of this affecting any other animals apart from birds.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-26--The Cure That Time Forgot

The Cure That Time Forgot

In the wake of strict lockdown being imposed by governments globally , it bears upon the common people , thinkers , researchers and scientists to question whether such methods are indeed correct and singularly helpful in combating the outbreak of COVID-19 .
While the World Health Organization and vested interests are busy pushing cartelized medicine and vaccines , what is not being told to people is that it is scientifically proven that fresh air and sunlight have been overpowering diseases since centuries – the Cure that time forgot .
• EXCLUSIVE : Coronavirus Bioweapon – How China Stole Coronavirus From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Visualizing The Secret History Of Coronavirus ) • Watch the exclusive interview of Bioweapons Expert Dr. Francis Boyle on Coronavirus Biological Warfare blocked by the Deep State It was common knowledge back even 200 years ago that fresh air and sunlight were important in treating flu like diseases .
Among the earliest known advocates of this “ open-air method ” was English physician John Coakley Lettsome , who exposed children suffering from tuberculosis to sea air and sunshine at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Kent , England , in 1791 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Bodington is well known to have propagated this method , in his work , “ An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption , on principles natural , rational and successful.
” Bodington had noticed that farmers and shepherds , people who spent most of their time outdoors were far less susceptible to the tuberculosis than people who spent their time indoors .
He encouraged people to spend time outdoors and to live in well-ventilated houses .
He argued against the use of drugs and the practice of confining in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them from the supposedly harmful effect of cold air , “ thus forcing them over and over again to breathe the same foul air contaminated with the disease effluvia of their own person.
” By the 1850s , Florence Nightingale was writing about the importance of sunlight and copious amounts of fresh air in the recovery of hospital patients .
In the decades following and thereafter open air sanitoria emerged in Germany , called the “ Nordrach , ” and in Britain , enthusiastic imitations of the Nordrach opened , nearly numbering a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s first sanatorium at Saranac Lake in New York State .
The notion of fresh air and sunlight in the fight against flus had taken such a hold that when influenza broke out in the early twentieth century in the United States , the Massachusetts State Guard responded by building the Camp Brooks Open Air Hospital at Corey Hill in Brookline , near Boston .
The treatment at this hospital took place outdoors , with “ a maximum of sunshine and of fresh air day and night.
” Inhaling clean air in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been better for patients compared to breathing in the air inside hospitals , filled with closed air from regular patients with all kinds of diseases .
It would be logical to assume that these patients treated outdoors were less likely to be exposed to the infectious germs .
In the 1960s , British Ministry of Defence scientists proved that fresh air is a natural disinfectant , which had something related to the Open Air Factor , which proved to be more harmful to airborne bacteria and influenza virus than indoor air .
Ultraviolet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia , pneumonia , tuberculosis , arthritis , asthma and even poliomyelitis .
The early studies were carried out by several physicians in USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery .
However with the development of antibiotics , the use of UBI declined and it has now been called “ the cure that time forgot ” .
Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries , and the modern view in Western countries is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mild doses of UV kill microorganisms by damaging the DNA , while any DNA damage in host cells can be rapidly repaired by DNA repair enzymes .
With the recent emergence of bacteria that are resistant to all known antibiotics , UBI should be more investigated as an alternative approach to infections , and as an immune-modulating therapy .
Meanwhile , following this school of thought Americans are working on an ultraviolet light technology as a potential treatment for Coronavirus .
The Healight Platform Technology ( “ Healight ” ) discovered and developed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studied as a potential first-in-class treatment for coronavirus .
Research being neglected in the outbreak of COVID-19 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recently conducted a study , which shows that sunlight kills coronavirus .
Lab experiments showed that the virus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity , and is quickly destroyed by sunlight .
This study backs up the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City ’ s Maimonides Medical Center , who claims that COVID-19 patients need Oxygen therapy , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of vitamin D in the body upon exposure to sunlight is mitigated tremendously in these times of lockdown .
It is vital that one stays physically active and alert and that essential minerals and vitamins be consumed in adequate quantity .
A study from Northwestern University , Illinois , U.S. on a dataset of 3,848 subjects has shown that adequate consummation of vitamin D reduces the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 15 % .
Grossly neglected also are studies on herd immunity .
Herd immunity occurs when a large percentage of a population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether through previous infections or vaccinations , thereby protecting individuals who are not immune .
This is akin to a chink in the chain breaking a chain reaction .
In a population in which a large proportion of individuals possess immunity , such people being unlikely to contribute to disease transmission , chains of infection are more likely to be disrupted , which either stops or slows the spread of disease .
Stanford Medicine researchers are studying this apparent phenomenon in California , where positive cases are fewer by many order of magnitude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths as of 22nd April , compared to a far less populous New York , which has 10,977 deaths from COVID-19 .
As an accomplished trial attorney Kilroy J. Oldster puts it , “ Using reason without applying it to experience only leads to theoretical illusions .
Ideas derived from real world experiences lead to acquisition of knowledge , and the accumulation of time-tested principles leads to wisdom .
Examination of our past is never time-wasting .
Reverberations from the past provide learning rubrics for living today.
” For latest updates on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided .
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In the wake of strict lockdown being imposed by governments globally, it bears upon the common people, thinkers, researchers and scientists to question whether such methods are indeed correct and singularly helpful in combating the outbreak of COVID-19. While the World Health Organization and vested interests are busy pushing cartelized medicine and vaccines, what is not being told to people is that it is scientifically proven that fresh air and sunlight have been overpowering diseases since centuries – the Cure that time forgot.
The Open-Air Treatment of PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
It was common knowledge back even 200 years ago that fresh air and sunlight were important in treating flu like diseases. Among the earliest known advocates of this “open-air method” was English physician John Coakley Lettsome, who exposed children suffering from tuberculosis to sea air and sunshine at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Kent, England, in 1791.
In the next century, another English physician George Bodington is well known to have propagated this method, in his work, “An essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption, on principles natural, rational and successful.” Bodington had noticed that farmers and shepherds, people who spent most of their time outdoors were far less susceptible to the tuberculosis than people who spent their time indoors.
He encouraged people to spend time outdoors and to live in well-ventilated houses. He argued against the use of drugs and the practice of confining in hot, poorly ventilated rooms to protect them from the supposedly harmful effect of cold air, “thus forcing them over and over again to breathe the same foul air contaminated with the disease effluvia of their own person.”
By the 1850s, Florence Nightingale was writing about the importance of sunlight and copious amounts of fresh air in the recovery of hospital patients.
In the decades following and thereafter open air sanitoria emerged in Germany, called the “Nordrach,” and in Britain, enthusiastic imitations of the Nordrach opened, nearly numbering a hundred. Edward Livingston Trudeau opened America’s first sanatorium at Saranac Lake in New York State.
Fresh Air – a Natural Disinfectant
The notion of fresh air and sunlight in the fight against flus had taken such a hold that when influenza broke out in the early twentieth century in the United States, the Massachusetts State Guard responded by building the Camp Brooks Open Air Hospital at Corey Hill in Brookline, near Boston. The treatment at this hospital took place outdoors, with “a maximum of sunshine and of fresh air day and night.”
Inhaling clean air in a largely sterile environment could have only been better for patients compared to breathing in the air inside hospitals, filled with closed air from regular patients with all kinds of diseases. It would be logical to assume that these patients treated outdoors were less likely to be exposed to the infectious germs.
That fresh air acts as a strong disinfectant, was medically proven in the 1960s
In the 1960s, British Ministry of Defence scientists proved that fresh air is a natural disinfectant, which had something related to the Open Air Factor, which proved to be more harmful to airborne bacteria and influenza virus than indoor air.
The Cure that Time forgot
Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis. The early studies were carried out by several physicians in USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery. However with the development of antibiotics, the use of UBI declined and it has now been called “the cure that time forgot”. Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries, and the modern view in Western countries is that UBI remains highly controversial.
Low and mild doses of UV kill microorganisms by damaging the DNA, while any DNA damage in host cells can be rapidly repaired by DNA repair enzymes. With the recent emergence of bacteria that are resistant to all known antibiotics, UBI should be more investigated as an alternative approach to infections, and as an immune-modulating therapy.
Meanwhile, following this school of thought Americans are working on an ultraviolet light technology as a potential treatment for Coronavirus. The Healight Platform Technology (“Healight”) discovered and developed by scientists at Cedars-Sinai, is being studied as a potential first-in-class treatment for coronavirus.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, YouTube has taken down the official video on UV light tech for coronavirus and Twitter suspended their official account. However, the above video is still active. Let us know if it gets taken down. https://twitter.com/MichaelCoudrey/status/1254255771774119936
Research being neglected in the outbreak of COVID-19
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recently conducted a study, which shows that sunlight kills coronavirus. Lab experiments showed that the virus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight.
This study backs up the findings of Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell treating COVID-19 patients in New York City’s Maimonides Medical Center, who claims that COVID-19 patients need Oxygen therapy, not ventilators.
Likewise, the natural synthesis of vitamin D in the body upon exposure to sunlight is mitigated tremendously in these times of lockdown. It is vital that one stays physically active and alert and that essential minerals and vitamins be consumed in adequate quantity. A study from Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S. on a dataset of 3,848 subjects has shown that adequate consummation of vitamin D reduces the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 15%.
Grossly neglected also are studies on herd immunity. Herd immunity occurs when a large percentage of a population has developed immunity to an infection, whether through previous infections or vaccinations, thereby protecting individuals who are not immune. This is akin to a chink in the chain breaking a chain reaction.
In a population in which a large proportion of individuals possess immunity, such people being unlikely to contribute to disease transmission, chains of infection are more likely to be disrupted, which either stops or slows the spread of disease.
Stanford Medicine researchers are studying this apparent phenomenon in California, where positive cases are fewer by many order of magnitude than New York. California has 1,268 deaths as of 22nd April, compared to a far less populous New York, which has 10,977 deaths from COVID-19.
As an accomplished trial attorney Kilroy J. Oldster puts it, “Using reason without applying it to experience only leads to theoretical illusions. Ideas derived from real world experiences lead to acquisition of knowledge, and the accumulation of time-tested principles leads to wisdom. Examination of our past is never time-wasting. Reverberations from the past provide learning rubrics for living today.”
For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage.
Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided. Join us on WhatsApp for more intel and updates.
GreatGameIndia is a journal on Geopolitics and International Relations. Get to know the Geopolitical threats India is facing in our exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance. Past magazine issues can be accessed from the Archives section.


greatgameindia--2020-04-27--Dr Fauci Funded Wuhan Virus Experiments – Former NY Mayor

Former Mayor of New York City in an interview claimed that Dr Fauci funded Wuhan virus experiments which were prohibited by the US government for being dangerous .
He claimed Dr. Fauci gave $ 3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory where suspicious experiments were conducted and demanded for an investigation to be opened into the matter .
Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) since 1984 .
Since January 2020 , he has been one of the lead members of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus pandemic in the United States .
In an interview with the CATS Roundtable Radio Show , Rudy Giuliani , the former Mayor of New York City claimed : “ Back in 2014 , the Obama administration prohibited the U.S. from giving money to any laboratory , including in the U.S. , that was fooling around with these viruses .
Prohibited !
Despite that , Dr. Fauci gave $ 3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory — even after the State Department issued reports about how unsafe that laboratory was , and how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were developing a virus that could be transmitted to humans , ” “ We never pulled that money .
Something here is going on , John .
I don ’ t want to make any accusations .
But there was more knowledge about what was going on in China with our scientific people than they disclosed to us when this first came out .
Just think of it : If this laboratory turns out to be the place where the virus came from , then we paid for it .
We paid for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us.
” “ Today , if I were U.S. attorney , I ’ d open an investigation into the Wuhan laboratory .
And I ’ d want to know what did we know ?
How much did we know about how bad the practices were there ?
Who knew about it ?
And who sent them money anyway ?
And that person would sure as heck be in front of a grand jury trying to explain to me — what are you asleep ?
” Earlier , GreatGameIndia reported how secret American experiments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how American tax dollars were used to fund live-meat markets and animal testing labs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology – yes , the same place from where Coronavirus is believed to have spread out .
One of the shocking revelations has been the USDA-authorized ‘ kitten cannibalism ’ experiments , in which lab-bred kittens were fed infected cat meat to study a parasite that causes the food-borne illness toxoplasmosis .
What ’ s surprising is that USDA purchased the cats and dogs from the same wet markets which US Congress condemned in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) has been sending tens of millions of American tax dollars to foreign countries for animal testing .
In addition to that , NIH is funding 24 animal-testing labs in China including labs at Wuhan Institute of Virology – where it is believed coronavirus was weaponized .
What ’ s more alarming is that after the experiments are over , the animals from the laboratories are sold back to the Chinese wet markets for consumption .
As reported by GreatGameIndia earlier , these Chinese experiments were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Five years ago , Italian state owned media Company , Rai – Radiotelevisione Italiana , exposed dark efforts by China on viruses .
The video , which was broadcast in November , 2015 , showed how Chinese scientists were doing biological experiments on a SARS connected virus believed to be Coronavirus , derived from bats and mice , asking whether it was worth the risk in order to be able to modify the virus for compatibility with human organisms .
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Former Mayor of New York City in an interview claimed that Dr Fauci funded Wuhan virus experiments which were prohibited by the US government for being dangerous. He claimed Dr. Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory where suspicious experiments were conducted and demanded for an investigation to be opened into the matter.
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UPDATE: The mayor’s claim was based on information that American tax-dollars were used to fund controversial gain-of-function research, which is the ability of a virus to jump from animals to humans. The project backed-up by Dr. Anthony Fauci diverted US funds to engineer Coronavirus at Wuhan lab via a company now under federal investigation.
Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
In an interview with the CATS Roundtable Radio Show, Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York City claimed:
‘Fauci paid for the damn virus that’s killing us’ “Back in 2014, the Obama administration prohibited the U.S. from giving money to any laboratory, including in the U.S., that was fooling around with these viruses. Prohibited! Despite that, Dr. Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory — even after the State Department issued reports about how unsafe that laboratory was, and how suspicious they were in the way they were developing a virus that could be transmitted to humans,” “We never pulled that money. Something here is going on, John. I don’t want to make any accusations. But there was more knowledge about what was going on in China with our scientific people than they disclosed to us when this first came out. Just think of it: If this laboratory turns out to be the place where the virus came from, then we paid for it. We paid for the damn virus that’s killing us.” “Today, if I were U.S. attorney, I’d open an investigation into the Wuhan laboratory. And I’d want to know what did we know? How much did we know about how bad the practices were there? Who knew about it? And who sent them money anyway? And that person would sure as heck be in front of a grand jury trying to explain to me — what are you asleep?”
Earlier, GreatGameIndia reported how secret American experiments were tied to Chinese animal markets and how American tax dollars were used to fund live-meat markets and animal testing labs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology – yes, the same place from where Coronavirus is believed to have spread out. One of the shocking revelations has been the USDA-authorized ‘kitten cannibalism’ experiments, in which lab-bred kittens were fed infected cat meat to study a parasite that causes the food-borne illness toxoplasmosis.
What’s surprising is that USDA purchased the cats and dogs from the same wet markets which US Congress condemned in a House Resolution in 2018. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been sending tens of millions of American tax dollars to foreign countries for animal testing. In addition to that, NIH is funding 24 animal-testing labs in China including labs at Wuhan Institute of Virology – where it is believed coronavirus was weaponized. What’s more alarming is that after the experiments are over, the animals from the laboratories are sold back to the Chinese wet markets for consumption.
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As reported by GreatGameIndia earlier, these Chinese experiments were exposed by the Italians in 2015. Five years ago, Italian state owned media Company, Rai – Radiotelevisione Italiana, exposed dark efforts by China on viruses. The video, which was broadcast in November, 2015, showed how Chinese scientists were doing biological experiments on a SARS connected virus believed to be Coronavirus, derived from bats and mice, asking whether it was worth the risk in order to be able to modify the virus for compatibility with human organisms.
For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage.
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