Daszak titled the October 2017 email, released via a Freedom of Information Act filed by Judicial Watch, "Confidential - A new bat-origin coronavirus emerging in pigs in China discovered under our NIAID R01." Daszak appears to be referencing a $3.7 million grant from Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to the organization EcoHealth Alliance with the declared purpose of "Understanding the risk of bat coronavirus emergence."
In the email to Fauci and his NIAID colleagues, Daszak, who was recently recused from the Lancet's COVID-19 commission, attaches an unpublished paper on a "Novel bat-origin Coronavirus" that's "Not known to be zoonotic."
"We're also doing assays to find out if it can infect human cells in the lab - so far no evidence of this," he adds before listing Wuhan researcher Shi Zhengli as a co-Principal Investigator.
Daszak also reveals that he met Fauci "Again" on the day he sent the email - October 1st, 2017 - which coincides with the opening day of a conference on "Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses." Fauci delivered the keynote address at the event, and Daszak and Shi also spoke.
I've attached an unpublished paper, currently in the second round of review with Nature that describes a novel bat-origin Coronavirus Syndrome coronavirus) that recently spilled over into pig farms in Southern China, leading to the death of over 25,000 piglets in 5+ farms in Guandong Province.
It's not known to be zoonotic (we've tested 35+ pig farm workers with an antibody assay and none are positive.
We're also doing assays to find out if it can infect human cells in the lab - so far no evidence of this.
https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/daszak-fauci-email-reveal-coronavirus-research-with-wuhan/
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