Als puber en adolescent heb ik de Koude Oorlog heel bewust meegemaakt. Het was een continue schaduw over mijn bestaan. Ik had zo graag aanwezig willen zijn bij de val van de Berlijnse Muur. Het was een tijd van perestrojka en glasnost. Het IJzeren Gordijn werd opgetrokken, de Muur viel, en familie en vrienden van Oost en West vielen elkaar in de armen bij de hereniging van Oost- en West-Duitsland.
Het was een tijd van hoop. Er zou geen oorlog meer komen, alleen nog maar vrede. De wereld zou beter worden, en we zouden harmonieus omgaan met onze vroegere vijanden. Hoe naïef was ik.
De VS werd de nieuwe hegemon, met de Britten als trouwe bondgenoot. De NAVO transformeerde van een verdedigingsorganisatie tot een agressieve, nietsontziende oorlogsmachine. Een oorlogszuchtige organisatie die nu de westerse belangen moet bewaken en zo nodig met geweld neemt wat het wil hebben. De voorbeelden zijn talloos, ik zal ze hier niet opnieuw noemen.
Nu, iets meer dan 35 jaar later, ben ik geen puber of adolescent meer. Sadder, older and much wiser. Want het liep heel anders dan ik had gedacht en gehoopt.
In de reeks van 31 voorstellingen die ik gegeven heb, zijn er vijf mensen geweest die mij vroegen of het overlijden van een van hun geliefden te maken gehad zou kunnen hebben met vaccinatie met een van de twee mRNA-vaccins, waarbij er op medische gronden een zeer sterke verdenking bestaat dat dit inderdaad het geval is geweest. Het bewijs hiervoor moet normaal gesproken geleverd worden met behulp van pathologisch onderzoek, maar bij vier van de vijf mensen werd de relatie met vaccinatie niet gelegd, terwijl die op klinische gronden zeer wel vermoed kon worden. Dit op grond van het klinisch beeld, het tijdstip waarop mensen ziek werden, waarbij het ziektebeeld vrijwel onmiddellijk volgde op de vaccinatie, en omdat het om volstrekt jonge gezonde mensen ging.
Dit is de meest indrukwekkende casus. Het is het verhaal van Wendy. Wendy kreeg een van de twee meest gevreesde complicaties van een hartspierontsteking: ernstig hartfalen. Het is niet door mij geschreven, maar door de moeder van Wendy. Ik heb haar gevraagd om dat te doen, zodat Wendy niet vergeten wordt. Ik had het al eerder gelezen, maar gisteren las ik het opnieuw met een brok in de keel en de tranen in de ogen. Het is een wanhopige schreeuw van een moeder die haar dochter langzaam zag sterven, maar niet gehoord werd door de behandelend artsen.
Geen woorden. Echt, geen woorden. De verbijstering sloeg bij mij nu pas echt toe. Natuurlijk kan ik Maarten Keulemans en zijn pathetische en over het algemen zeer vermakelijke berichtjes over de mogelijkheid van een labontsnapping van SARS-CoV-2 hier weer op een voor mij typische manier afzeiken, maar dat wil ik voor de verandering eens niet doen. Dat doe ik overigens graag, daar niet van. Maar nu even niet. Ik ga me ook niet beklagen over de woorden die Keulemans gebruikt in zijn tweet. Dat kan ik namelijk veel beter. Heel veel beter. Al zeg ik het zelf.
Een recensie van De Wuhan trilogie van Dr. Jan Bonte door Rob Nuijten.
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Het laatste dat je de schrijver van De Wuhan Trilogie kunt verwijten is dat hij dingen wegliet. Toen ik behoorlijk gevorderd was met deel 3 kwam er bij het omslaan van een pagina waarbij er zich wéér een nieuw hoofdstuk aandiende wel eens de gedachte op dat ik nu wel genoeg gelezen had over praktijken van professionals die niet geheel zuiver op de graat waren. Jan Bonte wist dan echter toch weer mijn aandacht vast te houden.
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400. Federal watchdog finds problems with NIH oversight of grant funding bat virus research in China. Science News, 25 January 2023.
401. NIH Urged to Consider Banning Wuhan Institute of Virology From Future Grants. The Intercept; January 26, 2023.
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408. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023. Page 263.
409. NIH reinstates grant for controversial coronavirus research. Nature News, 8 May 2023.
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411. NIH restarts bat virus grant suspended 3 years ago by Trump. Science Insider, 8 May 2023.
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438. Peter Daszak Answers Critics and Defends Coronavirus Research. The Intercept; March 11, 2022.
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482. “We never created a supervirus.” Ralph Baric explains gain-of-function research. MIT Technology Review; July 26, 2021.
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508. Origin of SARS-CoV-2: The search continues. Le Monde; December 28, 2022.
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521. Idem.
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524. Confidential Documents reveal Moderna sent mRNA Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate to University Researchers weeks before emergence of Covid-19. The Exposé; June 18, 2021.
528. Testimony From CIA Whistleblower Alleges New Information on COVID-19 Origins. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; September 12, 2023.
529. Wenstrup Reveals New Allegations that Dr. Fauci Potentially Influenced CIA COVID-19 Origins Investigations. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; September 26, 2023.
530. “This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy. Vanity Fair; March 31, 2022.
531. Louisiana, Missouri Relase Full Fauci Deposition Transcript. Office of Attorney General Jeff Landry, 23 November 2022. WAFB Staff; December 5, 2022. Page 20.
532. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023; page 36.
533. Fauci was told of NIH ties to Wuhan lab’s novel coronaviruses by January 2020. U.S. Right to Know; September 5, 2023.
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546. Bij de verhoren zijn regelmatig ook officials van de Energy and Commerce Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee aanwezig. Voor het gemak duid ik ook die aan als de ‘Subcommittee’.
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551. Idem; page 52.
552. Idem; page 72.
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561. Why it’s so tricky to trace the origin of COVID19. National Geographic; September 10, 2021.
562. Anthony Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers. Financial Times; June 4, 2021.
563. Statement by President Joe Biden on the Investigation into the Origins of COVID-19. The White House; May 26, 2021.
565. Wenstrup Releases Takeaways from Interview with Dr. Fauci’s Advisor. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; January 18, 2024.
566. NIH reinstates grant for controversial coronavirus research. Nature News, 8 May 2023.
567. Wenstrup Reveals Emails from Whistleblower Alleging Additional Attempts by Fauci Advisor to Subvert Transparency About COVID-19 Origins. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; April 11, 2024.
570. Physician-Scientist Steven Quay: Forensic Examination of Wuhan Institute of Virology COVID-19 patient specimens from December 2019 reveals extensive laboratory contamination, including genetic manipulation of the Nipah Virus, a BSL-4 pathogen more lethal than Ebola. PR Newswire; July 26, 2021.
571. Contamination or Vaccine Research? RNA Sequencing data of early COVID-19 patient samples show abnormal presence of vectorized H7N9 hemagglutinin segment. Steven C. Quay, Monali C. Rahalkar, Adrian Jones and Rahul Buhalikar. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5066743 https://zenodo.org/records/5067706
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575. The integrity of science is vital – politics cannot interfere. Gerald T. Keusch, Richard D. Klausner and Kenneth Olden. The Hill; July 20, 2020.
576. Wenstrup Announces Subpoena for Top Fauci Advisor After Whistleblower Allegations are Confirmed. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; April 16, 2024.
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629. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Ralph S. Baric, Ph.D. Monday, January 22, 2024; page 35/36.
632. Ralph Baric, Whose Virology Techniques Were Used in Wuhan, Testified That Lab Leak Was Possible. Vanity Fair; May 1, 2024.
633. Menachery VD, Yount BL Jr, Debbink K, et al. A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence. Nat Med. 2015;21(12):1508-1513. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3985
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635. Idem; page 204.
636. Idem; Page 172/182.
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641. Hu B, Zeng LP, Yang XL, et al. Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus. PLoS Pathog. 2017;13(11):e1006698. Published 2017 Nov 30. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006698
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643. Idem; Page 118/119.
644. Idem; Page 92.
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647. Idem; page 95.
648. Idem; Page 102/111.
649. Idem. Page 92.
650. Idem. Page 177.
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652. Idem; page 185.
653. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023. Page 132/144-146.
654. Idem; page 124.
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656. Idem; page 49/50.
657. Idem; page 39.
658. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023. Page 56/57/58/59
662. Management Advisory: Review of DoD Funds Provided to the People’s Republic of China and Associated Affiliates for Research Activities or Any Foreign Countries for the Enhancement of Pathogens of Pandemic Potential. Inspector General U.S. Department of Defense; June 18, 2024.
663. Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance Has Hidden Almost $40 Million in Pentagon Funding and Militarized Pandemic Science. Independent Science News; December 16, 2020.
671. Letter of Roger W. Marshall to Inspector General – U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General.
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676. Prophet in Purgatory. Science News, 17 November 2021.
677. NIH demands unpublished data on coronavirus experiment, but says research is not linked to the pandemic. The Washington Post; October 21, 2021.
679. EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak to Appear for Public Hearing. Committee on Oversight and Accountability; April 4, 2024.
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689. Voor een aantal hoofdpersonen volgde na een vrijwillig interview met de Subcommittee een openbare hoorzitting.
690. The COVID-19 Origins Investigation – Committee on Energy & Commerce – Chair Rogers. April 16, 2021.
691. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023. Page 79/80.
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725. Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Interview of: Peter Daszak; November 14, 2023. Page 216.
726. Science editor says his journal’s ‘wet market’ papers are not conclusive. U.S. Right to Know; April 16, 2024.
730. Het laboratorium in Wuhan waar corona begon – of toch niet. NRC, 22 mei 2020.
731. Goede relatie met China voor Universiteit Groningen dan academische vrijheid. Follow the Money; 7 mei 2021.
732. Have scientists suppressed the truth about Covid’s origins? Spiked; 15th October 2024.
733. Police using Huawei technology despite concerns over Chinese spying. The Telegraph; 15 February 2023.
734. Is China’s Huawei a Threat to U.S. National Security? Council on Foreign Relations; February 8, 2023.
735. University of Edingburgh took £12m funding from Chinese organisations with military links, including money from Huawei Technologies. The Scotsman; 14th November 2023.
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