Researchers at the U.S. Department of Defence wrote a devastating takedown of the Proximal Origin study, which was used by Dr. Anthony Fauci as proof that the COVID-19 virus had come from nature. The Epoch Times has the story.
The takedown, dated May 26th 2020, was written in the form of a working paper called ‘Critical analysis of Andersen et al. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2‘. It was authored by Commander Jean-Paul Chretien, a Navy doctor working at the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Dr. Robert Cutlip, a research scientist at the Defence Intelligence Agency. The paper came to light on May 15th 2023, when it was leaked to the public via virus origins search group DRASTIC (Decentralised Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19).
The working paper forensically dismantles the natural origin case made in Proximal Origin and concludes, “The arguments that Andersen et al. use to support a natural-origin scenario for SARS-CoV-2 are based not on scientific analysis, but on unwarranted assumptions.”
The existence of this internal Pentagon paper is crucial, as it proves that Government officials were well aware in the early months of the pandemic that there was no evidence in support of a natural origin of the COVID-19 virus. Additionally, given the crushing discrediting of Proximal Origin, Pentagon officials would also have been aware of Fauci’s efforts to seed a false narrative about the origin of COVID-19.
Proximal Origin was initially conceived by Fauci during a secret teleconference held on February 1st 2020. The ostensible purpose of the teleconference was to deflect attention from a possible lab origin of COVID-19 and to shift the focus to a natural origin theory. Fauci directed a number of scientists, led by Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of Tulane Medical School, to pen a study that could be used to discredit the lab leak theory. Despite being directly involved in the inception of the paper, as well as in shaping its arguments, Fauci’s role was concealed from the public. Fauci later bestowed Andersen and Garry with lavish taxpayer-funded grants.
The defects in Proximal Origin were immediately noticed by reviewers at science journal Nature. This fact only became known late last year from emails obtained via the Freedom of Information Act by independent journalist Jimmy Tobias. However, with the help of Jeremy Farrar, who now is the Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation and who had helped Fauci shape the natural origin narrative, Proximal Origin was accepted for publication in Nature Medicine on March 17th 2020. It boldly concluded that no “laboratory-based scenario is plausible”.
On April 17th 2020, President Donald Trump confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic likely started in a Wuhan laboratory in China. On the same day, while attending a White House press conference, Fauci categorically dismissed the possibility of a lab origin of COVID-19, citing Proximal Origin as corroboration. Fauci feigned independence, telling reporters that he could not recall the names of the authors. What was not known at the time was that Fauci not only knew the authors well, but had personally led the effort to have Proximal Origin written.
Proximal Origin became the media’s go-to natural origin authority, repeating Fauci’s claim that the paper provided dispositive proof that COVID-19 had come out of nature. It also became the most-read article on COVID-19 and one of the most cited academic papers of all time.
Yet, while the public was being told by Fauci and the media that Proximal Origin had settled the origin debate, Pentagon researchers came to a very different conclusion.
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Seconded, Hux. We may have moaners about DS, but it is doing a valuable job. It is getting an alternative narrative out to people prepared to listen and do their own thinking. Its a long road before us, and our opposition to the global blob is bound to fail, but not to try would be the greater shame.
Merry Christmas, if you do, Happy holidays, if you don’t.
Much appreciated Neil.👍
It depends how ‘alternative’ you want to be, but then we’d spend all day arguing about nano-bots. The MSM does report many of the ‘events of the day’ but many with a strong left bias. We should not reject the MSM completely, but rather see the picture behind what they are offering, i.e. an alternative view. If there is a site with better alternative view, perhaps you’ll share its location.?
Merry Christmas, hux, and to all of the decent, respectful posters to this most valuable site, who still make up the majority, thankfully. My living room looks like an explosion in a wrapping paper factory, but the cat’s enjoying herself so I’m leaving it… 🙂 And what could be more appropriate than a Christmas monologue from our Neil Oliver;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBS16GjWsPk&ab_channel=GBNews
Thanks Mogs. Have a good one.🥂
Seconded.
I wonder if the DS were more transparent about income and costs whether more would donate – I suspect they may be getting kept going currently by the personal largesse of one or two people and perhaps often unpaid work. Not intended as a criticism – just a suggestion. I think people would love it go from strength to strength but sometimes we have unrealistic expectations. I’m sure running a site like this and expanding the coverage to include more original content is far from simple or cheap.
Agreed!,
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to one and all of you! 🥂🌲
Yes, Merry Xmas. Merry Xmas to everyone. Particularly those who are incapable of respecting different opinions and utterly consumed by hate – I wish you all the very best.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/time-to-start-thinking-the-unthinkable-about-king-charles-iii/
This short article posted today over at TCW. Very disparaging about Charlie Windsor. He’s got to go as I have been posting for many months.
He’s a treasonous barsteward.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/propaganda-roundup-hillary-claims-climate-change-targets-pregnant-women/5843773
“We know, and estimate*, that we probably could measure about 500,000 deaths [from climate change last year], and the majority of those are women and girls, and particularly pregnant women,” Hillary Clinton declared at a climate change summit recently — one she almost certainly transported herself to via private jet.”
Firkin evil cow.
This is a cracker.
A group of protesters go in to a Bezos Whole Food store, steal food and exit wearing Bezos face masks.
God Bless them.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/road-freedom-one-liberated-apple-time/5844029
Apologies. I forgot the bloody link.
(Re – stealing from Bezos / Whole Foods).
I’m not even a Christian and I celebrate Christmas, because it’s tradition here in the West and how I was brought up. I also manage to respect the important festivals and holidays of other religions throughout the year. This seems beyond the capabilities of many members of society, apparently, with videos and stories all over social media of hateful yobs trashing Christmas trees and decorations, gatecrashing Santa’s grotto and scaring the kids or the decapitation of nativity figures in various countries. Basic respect for others appears to be an old-fashioned concept which is losing value these days, evidently. Nobody should be spoiling anybody’s festivities and important celebrations, end of. It comes to something though, when the bleeding obvious needs pointed out. 🙁
”With Europe’s Christian identity in the crosshairs, Christmas is under fire, both literally and metaphorically. On the one hand, extremists threaten to target festive gatherings and celebrations. On the other hand, the woke agenda is attempting to cancel Christmas as a non-inclusive holiday.
This year especially, security concerns are of unprecedented gravity. “With the upcoming holiday season, there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union,” said Ylva Johansson in early December. The EU Home Affairs Commissioner has already been proven right – as has Thomas Haldenwang, the president of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution who said that “a new dimension (of threat) is now emerging”.
However, Christmas is not only threatened by militant extremists. It is the woke agenda too, together with political correctness, that aim at cancelling the very nature of Christendom’s biggest celebration.
It was two years ago, when the European Commission received heavy criticism for an internal guidelines document which advised that Christmas be substituted with “holiday period”. And though the document was retracted, the general spirit remains.
Groups and NGOs for inclusiveness, like Watch this Space, are warning that festivities could be exclusionary to those who do not celebrate Christmas, and are calling for workplaces to forgo their usual office Christmas celebrations in order to cater to all employees’ tastes and beliefs.”
https://brusselssignal.eu/2023/12/lets-stand-up-for-christmas/
I utterly despise any body or organisation which seeks to undermine Christians and Christmas. I hope they rot.
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. There is no evil in Christ’s message and fundamentally the modern celebration of Christmas is all about family. It is the breakdown of family and family values that is undermining our society.
I will always celebrate Christmas.
Well said, HP. I would add that the deliberate undermining of Christianity and religion generally by “the globalist machine” (let’s call it) has left a massive hole in people’s lives. I think, even for non-practicing Christians, Christian culture and values (humility, kindness, respect for others, etc) hugely underpinned European society.
Happy Christmas all…
Well put Michael.
Thanks HP
Quite! I may add that when I lived in Easton, inner city Bristol 30 years back, where many Muslims also lived, our Muslim neighbours would always say “Happy Christmas” to us, and admire the rather fabulously decorated Xmas tree we had in our front window. They were also largely responsible for the economic regeneration of the area. Not multicultural, but multi-ethnic, with many Indians and West Indians there, it was a community at ease with itself.
Sadly, further generations have thrown that all away
The loss of Christianity as the core behind the West means quite simply the collapse of the West. Any culture that loses the common belief that binds it together is in a death spiral.
As we are witnessing.
Impossible not to agree.
It is apparent the Tories have been round all their sympathisers in the MSM to get favourable stories. The best Heffer could do was to say Labour would be even worse. Hardly a basis for enthusiasm among their remaining members!
Vote Reform!
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/it-was-christmas-day-at-the-sunaks/
A little bit of light-hearted relief from TCW although there’s anger in the doggerel.
A very Merry Christmas to you all , including your family’s & friends & everyone at The DS 🎄🎅🍻🥰
200 acres of glass in Peak District is bad enough but we are getting 900 acres on the one bit of reclaimed marsh on Swale/Thames Estuary that is not a SSSI or nature reserve. It includes a 700 MWh battery to game the system by smoothing the supply troughs it causes; also the toxic fumes when it explodes of course.
https://www.favershameye.co.uk/post/project-fortress-previously-known-as-cleve-hill
It’s not just Harvard – it’s all of US and UK academia. Better still, over here we fund the production of economically useless graduates, who leave University hell bent on destroying the civilisation that reared them.
Stop public funding, and it will be stopped in its tracks
Of course Harvard and places like it have huge endowments and are financially independent. Probably Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial too.
But I agree.
Much less so at UK universities, Cambridge did look at option of detaching itself from HMG teat. Cambridge at least saw off the ghastly Toope and 87% of Regent House voted to substitute ‘tolerate’ for ‘respect’ in his sinister ‘Free Speech’ proposals (the complete opposite of course). Prof. Ahmed has been appointed Director of freedom of speech and academic freedom, which is some progress at least, he lead the revolt against Toope.
https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-ahmed-appointed-director-freedom-speech-and-academic-freedom
That’s interesting about the vote – I didn’t know that. Regent House consists of academics – I had to look that up. The other two amendments were good too. I wonder how the students would have voted.
Cambridge has an endowment of £9 billion and an annual budget of £2 billion so they’d still need to charge fees, but I can’t see them having trouble finding people to pay fees that are not paid for by the so-called “student loans”.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas. Stay strong and keep asking questions. Don’t self-censor. We will prevail. Support free speech above all.
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