**Previous Episode: [[BDE316]]** **Next Episode: [[BDE318]]** %%Post image thumbnail below.%% ![wmed center](https://i.postimg.cc/fLccnZFp/BDE-Capture-19.png) > [!abstract|no-i] **Episode Overview** > - **Date Aired:** [[05-07-2024]] > - **Title:** Gain of Function Junction > - **Episode:** 317 > - **Description:** Yesterday, the White House Office of Science Technology Policy published two papers on revisions to oversight of dual-use research of concern and pathogens with enhanced pandemic potential. What does this have to do with Peter Daszak? > - **Link:** https://rumble.com/v4tucbr-big-dig-energy-317-gain-of-function-junction.html %%<https://historydraft.com/happened/what-happened/1-January/world>%% ## Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v4rchzx/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> ## Greetings & Announcements 1. Coming up: 1. A deep dive into [animals and Covid vaccines](https://twitter.com/SomeBitchIIKnow/status/1787724998901116995). Spillover, manufacturers, etc. 2. Continuing the Lawrence Gise Files. FBI Files [were destroyed.](https://twitter.com/RealPatrickWebb/status/1787615712359375058) Breaking: [Classified State Department Documents Credibly Suggest COVID-19 Lab Leak, Wenstrup Pushes for Declassification - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability](https://oversight.house.gov/release/classified-state-department-documents-credibly-suggest-covid-19-lab-leak-wenstrup-pushes-for-declassification/) Breaking: [AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine from worldwide circulation - Washington Times](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/7/astrazeneca-withdraws-covid-19-vaccine-worldwide-c/) ## Segments ### OSTP Dual Use Research Announcement **Overview:** The White House yesterday announced the release of the administration's Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) revised policy on oversight of dual-use research of concern (DURC) and pathogens with enhanced pandemic potential (PEPPs). It also released an implementation guidance document to accompany the updated policy. #### Timeline In January 2022, the National Institutes of Health asked its federal advisory group, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), to review government policies on work with potentially dangerous pathogens. The NSABB formed two working groups to revise the research oversight policies, a process that included listening sessions with stakeholders. --- ##### First Draft Recommendations The advisers issued [draft recommendations](https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DRAFT-NSABB-WG-Report.pdf) in January 2023, which said current PEPP definitions were too narrow and focused too much on "highly transmissible" and "highly virulent." An outside expert panel that advises the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on biosecurity issues on Jan 20 issued draft recommendations that would tighten oversight of potentially dangerous pathogens, which the group will discuss in a meeting on Jan 27. <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DRAFT-NSABB-WG-Report.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- ##### NIAID Advisory Council NIAID Advisory Council Meeting - [January 2023](https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48878) <iframe src="https://videocast.nih.gov/embed.asp?live=48878" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> --- #### Present Day Announcement Yesterday (05-06-2024) the Office of Science and Technology Policy [published](https://archive.ph/INckM) two separate policy papers centered on the subject of dual use research and pathogens with enhanced pandemic potential. ![center](https://i.postimg.cc/0N3VcWsH/BDE-Capture-19.png) --- **United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential** — [PDF](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/USG-Policy-for-Oversight-of-DURC-and-PEPP.pdf) <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/USG-Policy-for-Oversight-of-DURC-and-PEPP.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- **IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE for the United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential** — [PDF](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/USG-DURC-PEPP-Implementation-Guidance.pdf) <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/USG-DURC-PEPP-Implementation-Guidance.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- ##### Thomas Inglesby Response Thomas Inglesby, MD, who directs the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, today on a [LinkedIn blog post](https://archive.ph/yt1nU) commended the OSTP on the release of its revised oversight policy and said it represents a significant stride forward in safeguarding public health and establishing common sense and strong biosafety and biosecurity surrounding pathogens that pose the greatest risk in the event of accidents or misuse. ![center](https://i.postimg.cc/qBtx1Xb9/BDE-Capture-19.png) --- ##### NIH Director Response Monica M. Bertagnolli, current director of the NIH, issued [this statement](https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-release-usg-policy-oversight-dual-use-research-concern-pathogens-enhanced-pandemic-potential) today: ![center](https://i.postimg.cc/CKNcVhkX/BDE-Capture-19.png) ### Oversight Committee vs. Peter Daszak #### Timeline **[04-19-2022](https://oversight.house.gov/release/scalise-comer-call-for-investigation-of-ecohealths-unethical-conduct/): Scalise, Comer Call for Investigation of EcoHealth's Unethical Conduct** > Mentioned [Vanity Fair article](https://archive.ph/tjmAp). "This Shouldn't Happen": Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Letter-to-Secretary-Becerra-re-EcoHealth.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> **09-14-2023:** [Subpoena Threat](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023.09.14-SSCP-EC-Letter-to-EHA-Re.-Origins-of-COVID.pdf) <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023.09.14-SSCP-EC-Letter-to-EHA-Re.-Origins-of-COVID.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> Daszak [scheduled to appear](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023.09.29-SSCP-EC-Letter-to-EHA-Re.-Origins.pdf) 11-04-2023. <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023.09.29-SSCP-EC-Letter-to-EHA-Re.-Origins.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> **[04-04-2024](https://oversight.house.gov/release/ecohealth-alliance-president-peter-daszak-to-appear-for-public-hearing/):** EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak to Appear for Public Hearing <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024.04.04-SSCP-Oversight-EC-Letter-to-Daszak.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> **[04-25-2024](https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-advisory-ecohealth-alliance-president-dr-peter-daszak-to-testify-on-may-1/):** EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak to Testify on May 1 **[05-01-2024](https://oversight.house.gov/release/new-select-subcommittee-report-recommends-ecohealth-alliance-president-debarred-and-criminally-investigated-exposes-failures-in-nih-grant-procedures/):** New Select Subcommittee Report Recommends EcoHealth Alliance President Debarred and Criminally Investigated, Exposes Failures in NIH Grant Procedures > Read the final report [here](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024.05.01-SSCP-Report_FINAL.pdf), excerpts from select transcribed interviews [here](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TI-Transcript-Excerpts-Combined-and-Sanitized.pdf), and supporting materials [here](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Daszak-Production-Combined-compressed.pdf). Transcribed interviews with Dr. Daszak and other individuals influential to the findings of the report can be found below: - [Dr. Lawrence Tabak](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tabak-TI-Transcript.pdf) - [Dr. Michael Lauer](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lauer-TI-Transcript.pdf) - [Dr. David Morens](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morens-TI-Transcript-1.pdf) (Part 1) - [Dr. David Morens](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morens-TI-Transcript-2.pdf) (Part 2) - [Dr. Emily Erbelding](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Erbelding-TI-Transcript.pdf) - [Dr. Erik Stemmy](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stemmy-TI-Transcript.pdf) - [Dr. Peter Daszak](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Daszak-TI-Transcript.pdf) - [Dr. Ralph Baric](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Baric-TI-Transcript.pdf) --- ##### A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak ![center](https://i.postimg.cc/nc7zc8D2/BDE-Capture-19.png) <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gj9M5CJGykk?si=qK8Ek2ba6uhHdjy" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> [“A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak” | Congress.gov | Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/117221) --- **Witness Statement** <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117221/witnesses/HHRG-118-VC00-Wstate-DaszakPhDP-20240501.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- **Truth in Testimony** <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117221/witnesses/HHRG-118-VC00-TTF-DaszakPhDP-20240501.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> --- **Interim Report** <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117221/documents/HRPT-118-1.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> [Hearing Wrap Up: EcoHealth Alliance Should be Criminally Investigated, Formally Debarred - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability](https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-ecohealth-alliance-should-be-criminally-investigated-formally-debarred/) %%Footer Starts Here%% --- <center><img src="https://archive.is/do5ay/df25cfff93575f174c387ac9f4c64744da0fadb9.png" alt="Keep digging!" height="100px"></center> --- ## Tags ### Linked Pages & Footnotes - Find old Monkeypox dig. - Monica M. 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