A National Institutes for Health spokesperson is disputing a nonprofit watchdog group's claim that the agency "Deleted" genetic sequencing data on the CCP virus from a Chinese lab, but the same official acknowledged the data was "Suppressed."
"'In June 2020, in response to a request by the same [Wuhan] researcher, National Center for Biotechnology [NCBI] gave the sequence data the status of "withdrawn," which removes sequencing data from all public means of access but does not delete them.
"'NCBI subsequently reassigned the status of the sequence data to "suppressed," which means that sequence data are removed from the search process but can be directly found by accession number.
On June 16, 2020, NIH officials reversed themselves and deleted the genetic sequencing data, as requested by the Wuhan researcher. That researcher was quoted by EO as explaining to NIH: 'Recently, I found that it's hard to visit my submitted SRA data, and it would also be very difficult for me to update the data. I have submitted an updated version of this SRA data to another website, so I want to withdraw the old one at NCBI in order to avoid the data version issue.'".
Asked for a response to Fine's claim the information was not deleted, EO Founder and President Jason Foster told The Epoch Times that NIH's actions ensure the CCP virus genetic sequencing info is only available to the few individuals possessing its "Accession number," which effectively deletes the data from open access and research.
"NIH documents released with Empower Oversight's report demonstrate that the sequencing data was deleted from public view by the NIH at the request of the Wuhan researcher," Foster said.
"Our report also details emails between professor Jesse Bloom and the NIH's Steve Sherry from October 2021 that clearly indicate NIH retained copies 'for archival purposes.' Yet the emails demonstrate that NIH refused to share that data in an open, transparent scientific process sought by professor Bloom."
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Monday, April 4, 2022
NIH Admits it ‘Suppressed' Wuhan Lab Genetic Data, but Disputes Watchdog's ‘Deleted' Label
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