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Richard H. Ebright
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Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
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Science & TechnologyNew Jersey, USAwaksman.rutgers.edu/ebright/homeJoined June 2009
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Postdoctoral Associate and Research Associate positions available in structural biology of transcription, transcription-translation coupling, and transcriptional regulation. Cryo-EM and/or crystallography. CV and cover letter to ebright@waksman.rutgers.edu.
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With the WHO again failing--utterly-- in its responsibility to the global public, it is fortunate that the US Congress is beginning investigation of the origin on the pandemic that killed more than 15 million and cost more than $16 trillion.
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"WHO has quietly shelved the second phase of its..investigation into the origins of..COVID.., citing ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China" WHO abandons plans for crucial second phase of COVID-origins investigation nature.com/articles/d4158
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With the WHO again failing--utterly-- in its responsibility to the global public, it is fortunate that the US Congress is beginning investigation of the origin on the pandemic that killed more than 15 million and cost more than $16 trillion.
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"WHO has abandoned its phase-two plans. 'There is no phase two,' Maria Van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist at the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, told Nature. The WHO [had claimed it] planned for work to be done in phases, she said, but [the claim turns out to have been untruthful]"
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"4. All documents and communications regarding intelligence gathered by the following agencies regarding a mysterious pneumonia or illness in China, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., or COVID-19: a. CIA; b. DIA; c. FBI; d. DOE..; e. NGIA"
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"2. A list of all pre-prints..articles, or manuscripts consulted or used in the preparation, formulation, or drafting of the Assessment on COVID-19 Origins. 3. All documents and communications relied upon in the preparation, formulation, and drafting of the Assessment.."
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House Select Subcommittee Chair Wenstrup: “This investigation must begin with where and how this virus came about so that we can..prevent it from happening again." "Wenstrup said..lawmakers would issue subpoenas if potential witnesses didn’t cooperate."
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GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci
House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 by issuing a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials for documents and testimony
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"[NIH Acting Director] Tabak’s testimony was 'untruthful' in at least four ways. First, Tabak falsely stated that NIH is not currently supporting gain-of-function research or enhanced potential pandemic pathogens research..."
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NIH’s new boss same as old boss on Wuhan lab and gain-of-function research
The acting director of the National Institutes of Health is taking the same stance as Dr. Anthony Fauci, denying the U.S. ever funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab and downplaying the...
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"8. All documents and communications..relating to the February 1, 2020 teleconference call or any subsequent telephone call or meeting regarding..origins of COVID.. 9. All documents and communications regarding..drafting, publication, and..reception of 'The Proximal Origins..'"
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"6. All documents and communications between you and any employee or director of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., or affiliated individuals, regarding grant R01AI110964. 7. All drafts, including those with track changes, of Nature Medicine report 'The Proximal Origins of SARS-CoV-2'.."
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"4. All documents and communications between you and any employee or official at NIH, NIAID, and/or HHS regarding the WIV. 5. All documents and communications between you and any employee or official affiliated with the WIV.."
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"to be produced..no later than February 20.. 1. All your official calendars.. 2. All your official phone records.. 3. All documents and communications between you and any employee of official at NIH, NIAID, and HHS regarding grant R01AI110964.."
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"7. All documents and communications regarding the U.S. government instituted gain-of function pause.. 8. All documents and communications regarding the letter in The Lancet entitled “Statement in support of the scientists..of China"
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"5. All documents and communications regarding EcoHealth’s proposal to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for the project entitled PREEMPT.. 6. All documents and communications regarding the Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight Framework.."ID-19.”
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"4. All documents and communications between or among any agency or federal entity, or any sub-agencies, sub-awardees, or affiliates and EcoHealth Alliance, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, regarding grant R01AI110964.."
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"1. All calendars from November 1, 2019, through present.. 2. All phone records from November 1, 2019, through present.. 3. All documents and communications between or among EcoHealth Alliance..and the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other Chinese entity.."
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"COVID-19 likely originated from the Wuhan Lab" "US tax..dollars were being funneled to the Wuhan Lab to conduct risky gain-of-function research on novel bat coronaviruses" "Fauci was aware of this..at the start of the pandemic and may have acted to conceal the information"
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"Government scientists and government funded researchers have so far been less-than-forthcoming in their knowledge and actions, including work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology and potential pandemic pathogens."
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Osterholm: "Our great-grandparents grew up in a pre-antibiotic era..My generation,..and my kids’ generation, grew up in an antibiotic era. Our grandkids and great-grandkids are clearly going to be living—at least in many areas of the world—in a post-antibiotic era.'"
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"Two years later, that pipeline remains dry, according to Benjamin. As..increasing number of treatments become ineffective due to antimicrobial resistance, 'we’re having to use..drugs..with more side effects,' he says. 'At some point, we won’t have anything useful to treat with.”
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