Thank you for answering, I’m sure this will convince a big fraction of the audience!
Maybe, as an European I’m missing some crucial context, but I’m most interested in the pieces of metadata proving the authenticity of the document. I can also make various official-seeming pdfs. (Also, I’m kinda leery of opening pdfs) Do you have, for example, some tweet by Daszak trying to explain the proposal (which would imply that even he accepts its existence) ? (or a conspicuous refusal to answer questions about it or at least a Sharon Lerner tweet confirming that she did upload this pdf)
“Peter Daszak
@PeterDaszak
Exactly. In fact the DEFUSE grant proposal was based on 10+ yrs of research on CoVs in the lab & in nature, which is why it accurately targeted the viral groups most likely to emerge. But conspiracists should also remember that this was a ‘proposal’, not a ‘grant’.”
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21066966-defuse-proposal
Thank you for answering, I’m sure this will convince a big fraction of the audience!
Maybe, as an European I’m missing some crucial context, but I’m most interested in the pieces of metadata proving the authenticity of the document. I can also make various official-seeming pdfs. (Also, I’m kinda leery of opening pdfs) Do you have, for example, some tweet by Daszak trying to explain the proposal (which would imply that even he accepts its existence) ? (or a conspicuous refusal to answer questions about it or at least a Sharon Lerner tweet confirming that she did upload this pdf)
https://twitter.com/PeterDaszak/status/1636155765185564680
“Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak Exactly. In fact the DEFUSE grant proposal was based on 10+ yrs of research on CoVs in the lab & in nature, which is why it accurately targeted the viral groups most likely to emerge. But conspiracists should also remember that this was a ‘proposal’, not a ‘grant’.”
Ah, very nice, thank you!
Also https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2023/03/ecohealth-alliance-statement-correcting-inaccuracies-in-testimony-to-be-delivered-before-the-house-select-committee