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Truth Leaks Out
American Greatness ^ | 16 Jan, 2022 | Alex Berenson

Posted on 01/16/2022 4:00:32 PM PST by MtnClimber

The quest for truth-in-COVID did pick up some steam in late spring 2021.

Not about the vaccine, though.

About the origins of the virus.

From the first days of the epidemic, strong circumstantial evidence suggested Sars-CoV-2 had leaked from a Chinese lab. Both the virus itself and the facts around its emergence pointed to human intervention.

Wuhan, the city of 10 million people where the first cases were found, is home to China’s most important viral research laboratory, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The institute aggressively researched bat coronaviruses, which China had viewed as a serious risk since the original SARS outbreak in 2003.

In 2017 the institute opened China’s first Biosafety Level 4 laboratory. Level 4 labs are the most secure available, designed to handle deadly pathogens such as Ebola. But just months after the lab opened, U.S. State Department officials visited and reported in a cable to Washington that the new facility was at risk of a serious accident. They found “a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory.”

SNIP

Early on, Chinese and international reports had offered a different potential explanation for the fact Sars-CoV-2 had emerged first in Wuhan. They linked the outbreak to a large “wet market” there. Wet markets, which are common in China, sell wild and domesticated live animals for slaughter. An NPR reporter visited a similar market in Hong Kong and reported that “it’s quite obvious why the term ‘wet’ is used. . . . The countertops of the stalls are red with blood as fish are gutted and filleted.”

But the theory was discounted within months, because Chinese researchers could not find Sars-CoV-2 in tissue samples of animals taken from the Wuhan wet market.

(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; wiv

1 posted on 01/16/2022 4:00:32 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Alex Berenson has done great reporting on this. The lies were layered upon other lies.


2 posted on 01/16/2022 4:01:35 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

After listening to Alex Berenson’s BS attack on Dr. Malone, I see no reason to post Alex’s BS on FR.


3 posted on 01/16/2022 4:02:59 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

In case FReepers missed Berenson’s attack-—

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/watch-live-dr-robert-malone-and-alex-berenson-on-ingraham/

Dr. Robert Malone | Bushwhacked by Alex Berenson on Fox News…


4 posted on 01/16/2022 4:06:07 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: MtnClimber

5 posted on 01/16/2022 4:07:25 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

When you put it all together like that...truly shocking.


6 posted on 01/16/2022 4:13:53 PM PST by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

‘1984’


7 posted on 01/16/2022 4:16:15 PM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

After listening to Alex Berenson’s BS attack on Dr. Malone, I see no reason to post Alex’s BS on FR.

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I agree. I just saw that interview a little while ago and maybe he was just having a bad day but none the less I just say he’s not to be trusted anymore and play it safe.


8 posted on 01/16/2022 4:18:50 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: MtnClimber

I liked Berenson, but he lost my confidence in his attack on Dr. Malone.


9 posted on 01/16/2022 4:20:25 PM PST by week 71
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To: MtnClimber

I did not see the rally last night. Did Trump say anything at all about the vaccinations leading to the possibility that he might somehow admit that they’re not all they’re cracked up to be.?


10 posted on 01/16/2022 4:20:27 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: MtnClimber

This article is just reiterating what others have already discovered. RFK Jr and Project Veritas among others.


11 posted on 01/16/2022 4:21:42 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: MtnClimber

Big jaundiced eye toward this guy since he slammed Dr. Malone the other day.

Jury’s out.


12 posted on 01/16/2022 4:22:32 PM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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To: sauropod

I did not see/hear what he said about Dr. Malone.


13 posted on 01/16/2022 4:26:00 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Most of us here on FR were skeptical since day one.


14 posted on 01/16/2022 4:30:55 PM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: bramps

Berenson is a liberal. Former reporter for the NY Times. Like everyone, he has biases and preconceived notions. He acknowledges this. The difference though, between him and other leftist scum is that he reports what he sees. He tries to be honest.

He doesn’t believe the election was stolen. Well, to come to a 100% certainty that the election was stolen, you gotta dig through a lotta data. Not his hobbyhorse. So, he doesn’t do the work. So, he falls back on his preconceived notions.

We all do this.

But where he does the work, he reports honestly.

Not everyone who is not our 100% enemy is our friend. But that doesn’t mean we can’t recognize when they endeavor to find the real facts and report them honestly.

He is worth a read, keeping in mind he is on the left.


15 posted on 01/16/2022 4:32:27 PM PST by sitetest (Professional patient. No longer mostly dead. Again. It's getting to be a habit.)
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To: sitetest

I appreciate that reply.


16 posted on 01/16/2022 4:38:15 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: wjcsux

Question Authority


17 posted on 01/16/2022 4:40:44 PM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Agree.

Who got to Alex?


18 posted on 01/16/2022 9:43:21 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

It was a self damning attack, that makes me question his motives. As much as Alex claims to not be in favor of censorship and “banning” he has to realize that he gave additional weight to the censorship brigade by parroting their talking points.


19 posted on 01/17/2022 7:59:23 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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