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Possible Lab Incident Origins of the Pandemic
40:39 - 56:08 (15:28)
Two virologists were certain that COVID-19 came from nature and not from a lab or incident, but a new report suggests the possibility of a lab incident origin. Virologist Peter Dazeck guides the public in support of international collaboration towards the origins of the pandemic.
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In the early days of the outbreak, virologists dismissed the possibility of COVID-19 originating from a lab and called those who suggested it conspiracy theorists.
40:39 - 45:55 (05:16)
Summary
In the early days of the outbreak, virologists dismissed the possibility of COVID-19 originating from a lab and called those who suggested it conspiracy theorists. However, there was allegedly a plan for French experts to supervise the Wuhan Institute of Virology's work in a new location.
ChapterPossible Lab Incident Origins of the Pandemic
Episode#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Peter Dazeck had secret information about a possible lab incident origin of COVID-19, but chose to guide the public conversation in a different direction, supporting international collaboration.
45:55 - 53:07 (07:12)
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Peter Dazeck had secret information about a possible lab incident origin of COVID-19, but chose to guide the public conversation in a different direction, supporting international collaboration. However, he was later found to be manipulative in a February 2020 Lancet letter.
ChapterPossible Lab Incident Origins of the Pandemic
Episode#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The EcoHealth Alliance, in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, applied for a $14 million grant from DARPA in March 2018 to genetically engineer furin cleavage sites into bat coronaviruses, a technique never seen before in SARS-like coronaviruses.
53:07 - 56:08 (03:00)
Summary
The EcoHealth Alliance, in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, applied for a $14 million grant from DARPA in March 2018 to genetically engineer furin cleavage sites into bat coronaviruses, a technique never seen before in SARS-like coronaviruses.