by Arjun Walia, The Pulse:
Was it politics or science that covered-up and censored the discussion of COVID lab origins? A new hearing sheds light.
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic was making headlines, we here at The Pulse began publishing information and evidence around the idea that COVID may have originated in a lab.
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Our discussions, which employed critical thinking and a plethora of credible and scholarly sources, were shut down instantly by Big Tech. We were censored, ridiculed, demonetized and lost the ability to share news with our followers.
That experience was unfortunate. What was perhaps even more hurtful were the attacks that came from people who relied on mainstream media networks and government health organizations for their information. These people were presented with one side of the story and mimicked the ridicule seen from these organizations that were directed to those who were questioning the ‘official’ narrative.
But now things have changed. Talking about this is no longer taboo and it’s quite clear something fishy has happened.
Getting Caught Up
For those who are unfamiliar, the lab leak theory states that instead of COVID-19 originating via a naturally occurring spillover from the animal kingdom, COVID-19 may have been the result of a leak during laboratory experiments—either deliberately as an act of bioterrorism or accidentally because of bad laboratory safety practice.
The lab leak theory is once again trending. On July 11, 2023, The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up.” This was a GOP driven hearing, but to be clear, the facts are non-political.
The purpose of the hearing was to examine conflicts of interest and suppression of scientific discourse by the National Institutes of Health surrounding the publication of the infamous “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” (Proximal Origin) correspondence.
This was the paper that appeared in Nature Medicine (March 17, 2020). It served as the foundation and backbone of scientific opinion that seemed to be instantaneously erected to stave off and contain the “conspiracy theory” that the virus was a product of human intention. The authors are well-respected and published scientists.
Select Subcommittee members asked Dr. Kristian Andersen and Dr. Robert Garry — co-authors of Proximal Origin — about their effort to slant scientific evidence to fulfill and push one single narrative to support a natural COVID-19 origin. Both of the Drs. testified to the political motivations for suppressing the lab leak hypothesis. They also detailed the lack of science available to support their declared conclusions.
It was quite clear to many experts in the field that the conclusions in this paper were full of inaccurate assumptions and have never been proven or verified.
