911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists (General)
We touched on this before but it’s worth another look. According to this 2011 Science article:
“The anthrax mailings that petrified Americans soon after 9/11... led to an explosion of biodefense research in the United States. Nearly $19 billion has been spent—a huge increase over previous levels…(T)he number of planned or operating high-security biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) labs in the United States has climbed from four to 12.”
In a climate of (false, as it turned out) fear of a bio-terrorism attack after 911 and the anthrax incident, Biosecurity was born as a mega-industry.
But as Dan pointed out, ask anyone: ‘What was the origin of the anthrax incident?’ (thereby the origin of the biolab explosion and Lipkin/Daszak’s celebrity ascendency?)
Most people won’t know. I didn’t - had to look it up - i’m still not sure. The FBI website says:
“In August 2008 (seven years after the attack), Department of Justice and FBI officials announced a breakthrough in the case and released documents and information showing that charges were about to be brought against Dr. Bruce Ivins, who took his own life before those charges could be filed.”
(Aside: Robert Mueller was the then-head of the FBI. The investigation appears bungling.)
Oh, so who the fuck was this Dr. Bruce E. Ivins? Turns out he was a microbiologist expert working in a lab at Fort Detrick.
“Dr. Ivins, who had helped develop an anthrax vaccine to protect American troops (a rabbit-warren in itself - lots of long-term side-effects complaints from soldiers), had spent his career waiting for a biological attack.”
That’s awfully similar to the non-stop fear-mongering by Daszak/Lipkin who can’t stop crowing that they’d been “warning us for years” and "this may not be the big pandemic that we’re all most worried about." (so give us more money)
“Suddenly, at 55, (Ivins) was advising the F.B.I. and regaling friends with scary descriptions of the deadly powder, his expertise in demand.”
(Imagine if he’d had Facebook and Twitter, Dr. Peter Daszak’s favourite platform.)
An analysis of the water used in culturing the anthrax narrowed it down to the Fort Detrick area - ruling out the original suspects - Al Queda and/or Saddam Hussein. As such:
“An alternative theory of a possible perpetrator took shape: the bioevangelist. An American obsessed by the bioterrorism threat — maybe a biodefense insider who might gain in pay or prestige from an attack — had decided to alert the nation.”
Let’s unpack that:
- The anthrax incident was a lab-escape event.
- The three chief FBI suspects were all scientists.
- This lab-escape precipitated an “explosion in biodefense labs” and the rise of today’s celebrity scientists.
- Those same highly-paid scientists are angrily shutting down calls for an investigation into a lab-escape possibility for Covid.
Microbiologist, Dr. Bruce E. Ivins
Complete thread:
- Origin Tracing: How hard can it be? -
dulan drift,
2021-01-08, 07:05
- Origin Tracing: Arthur Koestler -
dulan drift,
2021-01-08, 09:47
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-08, 13:15
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dan,
2021-01-10, 07:19
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-12, 05:57
- Theory 2 - Lab Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-13, 14:44
- Lab Origin - How to Investigate -
dulan drift,
2021-01-14, 17:13
- Intermediate hosts - Civets -
dulan drift,
2021-01-16, 08:14
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dulan drift,
2021-01-17, 12:44
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dan,
2021-01-17, 13:58
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dulan drift,
2021-01-17, 14:44
- Rise of the Celebrity Scientists - Ian Lipkin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-19, 13:51
- Rise of the Celebrity Scientists - Peter Daszak -
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2021-01-20, 13:52
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
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2021-01-22, 08:06
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
dan,
2021-01-22, 20:18
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
dulan drift,
2021-01-23, 08:12
- Did Climate Change cause Covid? -
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2021-01-23, 08:41
- Fear Factor -
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2021-01-26, 15:16
- The Real World -
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2021-01-27, 06:10
- The Real World -
dan,
2021-01-28, 15:26
- The Real World -
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2021-02-07, 12:52
- Zoonotic Crossovers - Daszak's Argument -
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2021-02-07, 13:02
- Therefore -
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2021-02-15, 06:56
- Daszak's Evidence -
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2021-02-15, 08:26
- Conclusion -
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2021-02-17, 08:05
- Conclusion - Part 2 -
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2021-02-17, 08:23
- Taking up the Fight -
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2021-02-18, 07:26
- The Socratic Method -
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2021-02-19, 07:52
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
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2021-02-19, 08:01
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
dan,
2021-02-19, 14:59
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
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2021-02-20, 06:37
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity - dan, 2021-02-21, 16:54
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
dulan drift,
2021-02-20, 06:37
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
dan,
2021-02-19, 14:59
- The Origin of Socrates' Unpopularity -
dulan drift,
2021-02-19, 08:01
- Taking up the Fight - dan, 2021-02-19, 15:17
- The Socratic Method -
dulan drift,
2021-02-19, 07:52
- Taking up the Fight -
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2021-02-18, 07:26
- Conclusion - Part 2 -
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2021-02-17, 08:23
- Conclusion -
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2021-02-17, 08:05
- Daszak's Evidence -
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2021-02-15, 08:26
- Therefore -
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2021-02-15, 06:56
- Zoonotic Crossovers - Daszak's Argument -
dulan drift,
2021-02-07, 13:02
- The Real World -
dulan drift,
2021-02-07, 12:52
- The Real World -
dan,
2021-01-28, 15:26
- The Real World -
dulan drift,
2021-01-27, 06:10
- Fear Factor -
dulan drift,
2021-01-26, 15:16
- Did Climate Change cause Covid? -
dulan drift,
2021-01-23, 08:41
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
dulan drift,
2021-01-23, 08:12
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
dan,
2021-01-22, 20:18
- Zoonotic Crossover - The Environment -
dulan drift,
2021-01-22, 08:06
- Rise of the Celebrity Scientists - Peter Daszak -
dulan drift,
2021-01-20, 13:52
- Rise of the Celebrity Scientists - Ian Lipkin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-19, 13:51
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dulan drift,
2021-01-17, 14:44
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dan,
2021-01-17, 13:58
- 911 and the Rise of the Celebrity Scientists -
dulan drift,
2021-01-17, 12:44
- Intermediate hosts - Civets -
dulan drift,
2021-01-16, 08:14
- Lab Origin - How to Investigate -
dulan drift,
2021-01-14, 17:13
- Theory 2 - Lab Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-13, 14:44
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-12, 05:57
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dan,
2021-01-10, 07:19
- Theory 1 - Natural Origin -
dulan drift,
2021-01-08, 13:15
- Origin Tracing: Arthur Koestler -
dulan drift,
2021-01-08, 09:47