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1. The "Bioweapons" Labs Narrative is Getting Hotter

The main point is that DTRA & the Pentagon scored an own goal by funding, transforming and modernising so many biosafety labs in ex Soviet

 2. The US has left itself wide open to black propaganda campaigns built on popular fear .

This has become amplified since the coronavirus pandemic

Also considering revelations of dangerous bat virus research with US funding of labs in China & West Asia.

https://t.co/Mj1QUezkN4
3. Two Recent Documents Showcasing This:

via Kyle Becker

1. Russian Document Submitted to UN Security Council on U.S.-Funded Biolab Program in Ukraine
https://t.co/nsYezZMnIb

2. Russian Ministry of Defense Accuses Ukraine of Covering Up Biolabs Research
https://t.co/OtrSRS35lo
4. More "News"

https://t.co/6cl0LMUNlK
5. The Narrative Expands

https://t.co/95BMi0AZCI
6. Don't expect the "truth" to emerge...

The Pentagon laid the groundwork for Russia and China to demonize them and conjure up old cultural memes of evil Uncle Sam tinkering with deadly viruses in his funded labs.

No escape now, it was a dangerous thing to do
7. The US has given Russia and China the perfect opportunity for black propaganda and "active measures" against the US with the biolabs story.
8. The "truth" is not the question

(as always during the fog of war)

Ukrainian military intelligence, UK, NATO and CIA are all carrying out a propaganda war, so they can't complain if Russians and Chinese double down on the "bioweapons labs" narrative
9. Expect "confessions", videotapes and documents to emerge in the coming days from thes labs.

Your job will be to separate the wheat from the chaff, to determine what the "active measures" are and what is evidenced and supported by facts.
10. An Example - The Georgian Lugar Lab "Leak"

A thread with all the documents:

https://t.co/Y6I1FeYINc

1. The documents are valid
2. The claims are disputable
3. The nasty US Patents added constitute the "active measures" part
11. The Georgian Lugar Lab Leak was investigated by
@BBCSteveR who interviewed Igor Giorgadze, ex-Minister of Georgian State Security, the source of the claims based on the hacked documents

https://t.co/6EWKuzUPqs

Debunked?

To a certain extent but again that's not the point
12. The Pentagon "Biolabs" Do Exist

as exposed by @dgaytandzhieva

https://t.co/8ino9oOGWS

The question is what research activities took place & what was US DoD involvement?

"We" are not going to be informed of the truth of course, just bombarded with propaganda narratives
13. Questions remain about "outsourcing" and funding via US military linked companies like Jacobs Engineering Group, CH2M and Black & Veatch

https://t.co/PSH2CKPxBm
14. The US is clearly concerned about the narrative

"You guys went to Iraq to find it, and we came to Ukraine to find it.”

https://t.co/azNkopzrGG
15. Newsweek

1. China Peddles Russia's Claim That U.S. Has Bioweapons in Ukraine

https://t.co/EMhNDn13Pe

2. China Gets Wuhan Lab Leak Revenge by Doubling Down on U.S. Bioweapons Claim

https://t.co/NXrLbmrlNC
16. Ripley's "Believe it or Not"

"The United States is in full compliance with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention and does not develop or possess such weapons anywhere,"
17. Active Measures will set the narrative, not "Facts"

https://t.co/GPK9xwE2IG

It's not only Ukrainian Military Intelligence, NATO, CIA, etc promoting propaganda narratives now to their captive audiences.
18. The Black Propaganda War will likely succeed

Biolabs data in Ukraine confirms BTWC claims against US

https://t.co/VZcBN3p2lr

Russian forces find 30 biological labs in Ukraine, possible for bioweapons

https://t.co/TAHn8a2KQn

at least to those predisposed to believe ;)
19. Call it blowback from Covid-19 if you will

The US scientific community, Metabiota, DTRA, DoD, EHA, NIH, NIAID, GVP, PREDICT, etc, had fingers in too many pies & got caught in a trap of its own making

Scroll up and down this thread for more detail

https://t.co/amv3AFW2Sd
20. For the Curious

https://t.co/ou7RcsmzGC
21. "The first casualty of war is the truth”

unroll @threadreaderapp
22. Also 2 good analyses by Malone (ex-DTRA) with some similar conclusions

h/t @Greg21143362

1. Would Russian invasion of Ukraine be justified if it were for biodefense?

https://t.co/B3KhR7xqWg

2. Attempt to approximate truth about Ukraine & Biolabs

https://t.co/4s1LZ8Yna4
23. UN Speech

https://t.co/hZhCNtmTMA
24. Links to Historical Biowarfare Research in the Ex-Soviet Union and the USA

https://t.co/N3RlbLzsmy
25. UK not far behind with "Operation Cauldron"

https://t.co/BIDJie86Ds
26. Dark History - Napalm, Anthrax & Plague

https://t.co/Ge0pl9kf91
27. BIO TERROR! History, Present and Future

(History of Biological Warfare)

https://t.co/fNb0QfEZB7

Why we have and need the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

But with more robust mechanisms for inspection and control as @FilippaLentzos and @R_H_Ebright will agree.

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“The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review"

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have just been published here:
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2. A refreshing contrast to the so-called "expert reactions" found here, including from one of the authors of the review (Prof David Robertson)!

"expert reaction to a preprint reviewing the evidence on the origins of SARS-CoV-2"

https://t.co/6kG6rstweP


3. Peter Gutierrez points out in his response that 4 of the authors of “The Origins of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review”, also wrote “Proximal Origin of SARS-COV-2”.

His critique focuses on:

1. RaTG13

2. Enhanced adaptation to the human host

https://t.co/eW8b2iK5xe


4. As to be expected, Sydney University and its iconic virologist, Eddie Holmes, who is "not available for interview", are crowing over this biased review
https://t.co/xrjpN1NxpO


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1. https://t.co/YJ50huifly
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1. Uncle Sham's sticky fingers?
Neither the name of the biologist nor what "program" she was working for when this happened in 2012 was ever

2. Maculopapular eruption observed on the back and arms of 25-year-old female wildlife biologist infected with a novel paramyxovirus related to rubula-like viruses isolated from fruit bats


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4. She was hospitalized, after which a maculopapular rash developed and became confluent. When the patient was discharged from the hospital on day 14, arthralgia and myalgia had improved, oropharynx ulcerations had healed, the rash had resolved without desquamation

5. blood counts & hepatic enzyme levels returned to reference levels. After several known suspect pathogens were ruled out as the cause of her illness, deep sequencing & metagenomics analysis revealed a novel paramyxovirus related to rubula-like viruses isolated from fruit bats
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"The coronavirus in Italy since September 2019"
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First Published November 11, 2020
https://t.co/nhlccks5AS
Smashed Paywall thanks to @Sci_Hub
https://t.co/wWPFJMjjFJ

Maybe a coincidence but an agreement was recently signed by the authors' institute and guess who?
https://t.co/vh7qX3hyPD


The Lead Author specifically of the paper:
"Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy"
is Giovanni Apolone of the "Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori" Milan, Italy


Some funding is involved....
Anyone good at Italian feel free to comment?


"You findee sars cov 2 in old sample back September time, we give you big fat red envelopeee, okey dokey?"

More has emerged regarding the Chinese connection
"Oncology research, Italy and China close to the collaboration protocol"
.https://t.co/Mt5hO9Dggc
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November 3 - 9, 2019 -Wuhan Institute of Virology
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2. René Courcol, quality control system expert, France's BSL


List of Lecturers with short bios at
November 3 - 9, WIV Training Course: https://t.co/Bsd9yO40JP
YUAN Zhiming Professor, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS (Deputy Director)
SONG Donglin, Professor, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS ( Deputy Director of Wuhan BSL-4 Laboratory.)

Dr. TONG Xiao Senior Engineer at WIV (Molecular Virology & (HIV) infection, mechanical & vaccine immunology) On-site Manager & Chief engineer for WIV BSL-4 Lab construction, maintenance & biosafety equipment R&D.

Zhengli Shi, Director of WIV Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, now in charge of scientific activity in BSL3 & BSL4. Viral pathogen discovery through sequencing techniques, wildlife-borne viral pathogens, particularly bat-borne viruses since 2004.

DENG Fei, Principle Investigator in Research Group on Viruses Resources & Biotechnology in WIV, also Director of Microorganisms & Viruses Resource Center.
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