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2026-06-18 Government Corruption
COVID Origins, Lab-Leak Accountability, And The Next Pandemic Threat
[ZERO] The Hudson Institute hosted Dr. Steven Quay on Monday afternoon for a discussion on COVID-19 origins, during which he presented genetic evidence from his new book, The Code as Witness, arguing that the virus originated through gain-of-function research in a Chinese lab.

Years later, there has still been no accountability for what Quay argues was a Chinese lab leak that killed more than one million Americans and caused U.S. economic damages in excess of $18 trillion. Nor has there been a unified U.S. government consensus on the lab-leak theory, let alone on potential consequences for China or Dr. Anthony Fauci.

In the roughly one-hour discussion, which was opened by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a leading voice for stronger oversight of high-risk biological research, Quay, a Hudson senior fellow, said features encoded in the virus's genetic material point directly to lab manipulation rather than natural zoonosis.

Quay warned that irresponsible and unregulated gain-of-function research is accelerating globally and could produce pathogens far deadlier than the one that caused COVID.

Last week, Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a set of internal intelligence slides documenting a long-running US program that has funded a global network of biolabs that handle dangerous pathogens - including dozens in Ukraine.

Returning to Quay's discussion at Hudson, he pointed to several genetic features he says are difficult to explain by natural evolution alone, making it impossible. These include the furin cleavage site, the virus's early optimization for human ACE2 receptors, the ORF8 gene, restriction-enzyme patterns, and the rapid D614-to-G614 mutation. # id) ?>
Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-18 00:53|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1828 views ]  Top

1 Get your mask ready GROM!
Posted by Chris 2026-06-18 02:48||   2026-06-18 02:48|| Front Page Top

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To put this in a simple overall general perspective.
This was not Mother Nature, this was a Man Made deadly pathogen.
Designed and built for what-if deadly reasons.


But let us pose a few deeper questions:

Why, as of the last reported Covid-19 death count, the USA #1 with 1,219,487 of the worlds 7,010,681 reported pandemic deaths? BTW: That number does not include mRNA injection related deaths.

Was the USA the primary Target?

Why did India, with 4+ times the population of the USA, have 60% LESS infections than the USA?

Why did India, with 4+ times the population of the USA, with far less medical facilities, have 57% LESS total overall Deaths than the USA?

Why did the USA, which lead the way in Covid-19 mRNA injections have more deaths than countries using Ivermectin had less deaths per 1000 infections?

Given China is where the pathogen was released and it has 4+ times the USA population. How could the CCP hide the massive C-19 impact, it should have had?

The CCP claimed as only 503,302 infections and 5,272 deaths?
So was the pathogen racially (DNA/RNA) tuned for Europeans genetics and non-Asian, as some have implied?

Why did the Medical Industry, along with the DC Swamp fight the use of Ivermectin, as a alternative treatment? Despite seeing the resulting in India and other nations? BTW: Tractor Supply sold a lot of it during the pandemic. ☺

Final Questions:
Why the sudden Auto-Pen Pardons granting Immunity to those involved from legal accountability?

Why all the retaliation of against R&R sources showing actual facts and uncovering high level Covid-19 lies?

Now that we know there are still 120 Pathogen (Grain To Kill Us) labs. What is being done to control them?
Why are they mainly located in populated area and not remote island locations with limited access?

For The Record.
Who profited from this "accidental" release?
Anyone Surprised? Pharmaceutical companies, particularly Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna, profited from the COVID-19 vaccines, Making over $90 billion in profits in 3 years.

Now look to who invested in the big 3, received campaign donations, or family landed $1M jobs from the big 3 or their holdings.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-18 07:35||   2026-06-18 07:35|| Front Page Top

3 Oldest-known plague outbreak came 5,500 years ago in Siberia
Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-18 07:48||   2026-06-18 07:48|| Front Page Top

4 Bird flu kills more than 75% of baby seals on remote Australian island, study finds
Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-18 08:06||   2026-06-18 08:06|| Front Page Top

5 â€˜Challenge in court': Two top senators urge Trump DOJ to prosecute Fauci despite Biden pardon
Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-18 08:43||   2026-06-18 08:43|| Front Page Top

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Mass murder should never be a Pardonable offense.

Also release the AUTO-PEN and Pardon issuing logs covering WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY. and Where was Biden?
Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-18 10:04||   2026-06-18 10:04|| Front Page Top

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