Like justice, the wheels of science at times grind slowly. Scientific fraud is relatively easy to perpetrate — far harder and more arduous to expose and call to account. But the wheels of science — real science, not “The Science©” — grinds as exceedingly fine as those of justice.
And both are slowly getting around to grinding some of the most prominent names behind the Covid pandemic.
A leading US scientist expects academics who played down the idea Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese laboratory, despite their private doubts, will face criminal prosecution for fraud and has praised journalist Sharri Markson for her dogged investigation of the so-called “lab leak theory”.
As we’ve seen, far from an “unsupported conspiracy theory”, the lab-leak is at last being recognised as not just plausible, but the most plausible explanation for the sudden emergence of the Covid pandemic.
Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist and professor at Rutgers University, told The Australian the “preponderance of evidence” available supported the notion the new virus emerged from research-related activities at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, before rapidly spreading throughout the world in early 2020.
At last some of those most deeply involved in the often secretive activities that led to the virus’ creation may finally be held to account.
Professor Ebright, a long term advocate for reducing the risk of biological weapons programs, said the arguments over the origin of Covid-19 was “moving out of the scientific community arena, into the congressional arena, and ultimately it will move into the judicial arena”.
“There will be referrals for prosecution of violations of law, including, based on what we know already, very clear evidence for criminal fraud, for criminal conspiracy to defraud or criminal misuse of federal funds,” he said.
Most likely first alleged culprits to face justice will be those who tried so desperately to cover their own arses in the early months of 2020.
In February 2020 a group of scientists with research links to the Wuhan lab authored a paper “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” that in effect ruled out the possibility the new virus, which displayed unique characteristics that made it particularly infectious for humans.
The release of numerous emails and private correspondence among the authors earlier this month by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, which revealed their significant private doubts about that conclusion, have prompted allegations of fraud and cast fresh doubts on the once more widely belief the virus emerged from animals in a Wuhan wet market.
That group includes one of the most prominent names associated with the Covid pandemic.
Professor Ebright’s comments came days after Republican Senator Rand Paul, who has led congressional efforts to uncover the true origin, referred Dr Anthony Fauci, a former top US health bureaucrat, to the Department of Justice for prosecution over allegations he lied to Congress over the extent of US funding that had been directed to the Wuhan lab.
“There’s no question in my mind that [Tony] Fauci committed a felony on each of those three occasions, and it’s disappointing that he has not been held accountable,” Professor Ebright said.
“Lying to Congress is a felony and the penalty is five years in prison; there have been at least three instances”.
Fauci’s colleagues are still bleating that they din’ do nuffin’.
All the scientists involved in writing the suspect paper along with Dr Fauci and other senior US health bureaucrats have denied any wrongdoing, arguing the private correspondence reflected their rapidly evolving views.
The latest stunning developments are also a long-awaited vindication of Australian journalist Sharri Markson, who has long had to endure the collective sneers of her colleagues and the horking seals of the Twitter left. But Markson’s dogged and stellar investigative journalism has paid off.
Sharri Markson provided evidence in The Weekend Australian that Sars-Cov2 may have emerged accidentally as result of Chinese government research into coronavirus vaccines, based on interviews with former US assistant health secretary Robert Kadlec […]
Professor Ebright also said hot mic comments that emerged on Monday, where some Australian journalists privately conceded at a press conference, seemingly grudgingly, that Ms Markson’s reporting on the origin of Covid-19 was correct, was “her vindication”.
“Listening to them, it is just clear how dismissive they are and how difficult it is for them to acknowledge that they were the gullible ones not she,” he told The Australian.
The Australian
The mainstream media stand condemned almost as damnably as the “The Science©” propagandists for their years of lies and complicity in covering up the origins of Covid.
May this be just the beginning of the reckoning.