It has only now been discovered through a Freedom of Information Act request that Daszak told his fellow signatories in an email that the Lancet letter would not be sent under the EcoHealth logo ‘and will not be identifiable as coming from any one organisation of person’.
The emails show he even considered not signing the letter himself, although in the end he did.
The idea, he said was for it to be coming from ‘a community supporting our colleagues’.
The letter — titled ‘Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting Covid-19’ — praised the Chinese ‘who continue to save lives and protect global health during the challenge of the Covid-19 outbreak’.
It went on to add: ‘We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that Covid-19 does not have a natural origin.
‘Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumours and prejudices that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against the virus.’
It ended with the words: ‘We declare no competing interests.’
The letter proved so influential that it virtually ended debate on the origin of Covid for more than a year.
Perhaps Daszak and Fauci should be considered for investigation for genocide... and what about Bill Gates?