He claimed that his ties to the Wuhan lab made him an expert.
Daszak maintained that there was no conflict of interest. Dazak's competing interests.Īccording to Dr. This June, sixteen months after the letter was first published, the Lancet published an addendum acknowledging Dr. Daszak's link to the Wuhan lab 'very quickly' after the Lancet published the letter in February 2020. Daszak for not revealing his direct role in funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab until the information was leaked.ĭr. This type of research is banned in the U.S. The Wuhan lab conducts gain of function research, which enhances viruses and makes them more transmissible and lethal. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID, and used it to fund research at the Wuhan Lab. Even then, he remained on the Lancet commission investigating the origin of Covid for many months longer.ĮcoHealth Alliance got U.S. Daszak's role in orchestrating the Lancet letter was not known until it was revealed by leaked emails. Daszak had advised his co-authors that it should not appear to be coming from him or his organization. Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, had persuaded 26 other scientists to sign off on the letter he had written claiming the virus could only be a product of nature and to suggest otherwise creates 'fear, rumors, and prejudice.' Peter Daszak, the letter's lead author, having financial ties to the Wuhan Lab. Richard Horton to explain why the Lancet published a letter denouncing the lab leak theory as a conspiracy despite Dr. Alina Chan, author of the book called " Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19." Richard Horton, the editor of the prestigious medical journal the Lancet, and the second was the testimony of Harvard scientist Dr. The first was the British House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's grilling of Dr. In the United Kingdom, two developments took place on Thursday, shedding light on the origin of the pandemic-causing virus.