Proximal Origin: The goal of this paper ‘was not to discover origin of Covid, but to supress the lab leak theory’
Throughout the process, the report states, “the authors of Proximal Origin were keenly aware of the influence of Dr Fauci, Dr Collins and Dr Farrar,” with drafts of the paper shared with the three officials – sometimes referred to in emails as the “Bethesda Boys” – on several occasions in early February 2020.
Indeed, the report states that Farrar would “push” for the publication of “Proximal Origin” in Nature Medicine later in February 2020, while Andersen testified that Farrar was the “father figure” of the paper.
US House Committee Report finds top US health official and ‘Bethesda Boys’ colluded to suppress Covid lab-leak theory
According to the US House of Representatives Select Subcommittee report, the “Proximal Origin” paper was used to “downplay the lab-leak hypothesis” and label as “conspiracy theorists” anyone who suggested the virus may have leaked from a lab. The report indicated Fauci and Collins were personally involved in the conceptualisation, drafting and publication of the paper.
Sudan crisis: Refugees tell of border crossing difficulties, uncertain future and hostile Egypt
Several Sudanese who have crossed the border said they are struggling with homelessness, limited job prospects, and rising prices amid an economic downturn in Egypt that has been accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Somalia Somali National Army, ATMIS drone counter-offensives put al-Shabaab on backfoot
The Kenya-Somalia border posts, which have been closed since 2011, were set for phased reopening between June 15 and August 15 following a ministerial meeting between the two countries on May 15. But on July 5 Kenya’s government announced that the re-openings would be delayed following the spate of cross-border attacks.
Retrobiologist Peter Duesberg: Retroviruses such as HIV are harmless and do not cause disease
According to Farber: “It’s a good question ‘Who was Fauci in the beginning there?’ How did he transform into somebody so ruthless, so unaccountable? And I’m being nice right now. As an historian of all of this, I place a lot of credence in the symbiosis between Fauci and the AIDS activists, because the AIDS activists were revolutionary, and they did have a revolutionary creed, which was, ‘By any means necessary, we demand what we demand.’
New book on leading virologist questions and contradicts popular narrative that HIV causes Aids
Farber: So, in other words, ‘AIDS spreads like this or like that and is going to affect everybody,’ because that’s what we’re supposed to say politically, not because that’s true biologically or epidemiologically. So, we’re all stuck now in this brand-new era where you get flogged for observing 2+2 = 4.
World’s war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military blind spot, now spotlighted by Ukraine conflict
The US military’s oil use and emissions are falling. The US Defence Logistics Agency, which oversees oil buying, said 84 million barrels were purchased in 2022, down almost 15 million from 2018. Emissions in 2022, meanwhile, fell to 48 million tonnes from 51 million tonnes the previous year.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Nigerians in northeast live perpetual in fear of Boko Haram insurgents, military
In more than 30 interviews in the northeastern town of Bama in late 2022, men and women described the depopulation of the countryside by military “clearance” operations that they said had torched their villages, destroyed food supplies and killed those unable to flee.
How Wagner Group boss Prigozhin-led mutiny against Putin precipitated death of Russian troll farm
Initially, the troll farm sought a new owner, but Reuters reported ahead of the July 4 holiday that the infamous influence machine will instead be disbanded. Prighozin, meanwhile, was said to have been exiled to Belarus – but has now returned to Russia, according to the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
New report unearths how researchers feared to reveal how Covid vaccines weaken immunity
Substacker Igor Chudov: The deep-pocketed funders of Covid vaccines had no problem pouring billions into them without any preliminary data – but helping their victims is not one of their financial priorities.
