USRTK FOIAs: Links File #2 (embeds)
COVID 19 Files
Continued from File #1… (Redundancy or overlap may be present)
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Shan-Lu Liu emails
Shan-Lu Liu emails (Batch 3): Ohio State University (1.12.23) (1265 pages)
Zhengli Shi’s edits to a widely-cited EM&I commentary titled “No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2.” (9.27.21) (10 pages). Document obtained through an Ohio Public Records Act request for a missing attachment from the email records of Ohio State University Professor Shan-Lu Liu.
Shan-Lu Liu emails: Ohio State University (8.4.21) (488 pages).
Documents were obtained through an Ohio Public Records Act request for the email records of Shan-Lu Liu, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University.
See RTK’s reporting:
Wuhan Institute of Virology has many unreported bat virus samples, collaborating virologist says (8.10.21)
Yoshihiro Kawaoka/University of Wisconsin-Madison emails
UW-Madison batch #2 (9.30.22) (114 pages)
UW-Madison batch #1 (6.26.22) (63 pages)
Records were obtained via a Wisconsin Public Records Law request to the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison for emails of Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka. Dr. Kawaoka conducts research on influenza viruses and coronaviruses, and became well-known for his gain-of-function experiments to enable the airborne spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1.
Chao Shan/University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston emails
Chao Shan batch #2 (9.12.22) (1311 pages)
Chao Shan batch #1 (6.30.22) (932 pages)
Dr. Chao Shan conducted research on Zika virus as a postdoctoral scientist with Professor Pei-Yong Shi at UTMB-Galveston, before taking a position at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Xiang-Dong Fu emails
Documents obtained through a California Public Records Act request for records of Professor Xiang-Dong Fu, Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California- San Diego. Dr. Fu has been a member of the International Executive Committee of Performance Evaluation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Batch #1 (11.12.21) (641 pages)
Latinne et al. (2020) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI emails (10.12.21):
Emails between NCBI and scientists from Ecohealth Alliance and Wuhan Institute of Virology regarding the submission of genetic sequence information about bat betacoronavirus isolate 7896, which is very closely related to RaTG13.
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
NSABB emails (10.11.21) (104 pages). Emails between Mary Ellen Groesch, NSABB members, and NIH staff regarding the replacement of 11 NSABB members, and 2014 plans to discuss dual use research guidelines (DURC) and a new biosecurity and biosafety program.
CSIRO emails
CSIRO emails: Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Records.Documents obtained through an Australian Freedom of Information Act request to CSIRO for email records between Gary Crameri, Researcher, Health and Biosecurity Business Unit, Australian Center for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) of CSIRO, and collaborators, including Drs. Lin-Fa Wang and Edward C. Holmes.
CSIRO Batch #5 (8.31.21) (63 pages)
CSIRO Batch #4 (8.31.21) (99 pages)
CSIRO Batch #3 (8.31.21) (50 pages)
CSIRO Batch #2 (8.31.21) (4 pages)
CSIRO Batch #1 (8.31.21) (154 pages)
Fang Li emails
Fang Li emails: (6.25.21) (1234 pages). Documents obtained from public records requests for emails of Fang Li, PhD, Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota.
Linda Saif emails
Linda Saif emails batch #1: (4.7.21) (303 pages). Documents obtained from public records requests for emails of Linda Saif, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Center for Food Animal Health, OhioAgricultural Researchand Development Center, Ohio State University.
See our reporting: Chinese-linked journal editor sought help to rebut Covid-19 lab origin hypothesis (5.24.21)
Rebekah Kading and Tony Schountz emails
Rebekah Kading and Tony Schountz (1.21.21) (2276 pages). Documents obtained from Colorado State University professors Rebekah Kading and Tony Schountz of the Center for Vector-Born Infectious Diseases (CVID).
See our reporting:
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI Emails (12.29.20) (63 pages). Emails with coronavirus scientists who authored four key studies on coronavirus origins, about their revisions to genomic datasets associated with these studies.
See our reporting: Altered datasets raise more questions about reliability of key studies on coronavirus origins (12.29.20)
UC Davis/Jonna Mazet emails and documents
Documents obtained through a California Public Records Act request for records of UC Davis Vice Provost Jonna Mazet. Dr. Mazet was the principal investigator on the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threat (EPT) Program PREDICT-1 and PREDICT-2 grants with the EcoHealth Alliance.
Batch #29, Part 3 (9.13.23) (262 pages)
Batch #29, Part 2 (9.13.23) (308 pages)
Batch #29, Part 1 (9.13.23) (321 pages)
Batch #28 (9.13.23) (108 pages)
Batch #27 (9.13.23) (309 pages)
Batch #26 (9.13.23) (297 pages)
Batch #25 (9.13.23) (411 pages)
Batch #24, Part 2 (9.13.23) (350 pages)
Batch #24, Part 1 (9.13.23) (365 pages)
Batch #23 (6.30.23) (265 pages)
Batch #22 (6.30.23) (301 pages)
Batch #21 (6.30.23) (388 pages)
Batch #20, Part 2 (6.30.23) (240 pages)
Batch #20, Part 1 (6.30.23) (241 pages)
Batch #19, Part 2 (6.23.23) (251 pages)
Batch #19, Part 1 (6.23.23) (246 pages)
Batch #18, Part 2 (6.23.23) (202 pages)
Batch #18, Part 1 (6.23.23) (200 pages)
Batch #17, Part 5 (6.23.23) (259 pages)
Batch #17, Part 4 (6.23.23) (251 pages)
Batch #17, Part 3 (6.23.23) (299 pages)
Batch #17, Part 2 (6.23.23) (299 pages)
Batch #17, Part 1 (6.23.23) (324 pages)
Batch #16, Part 2 (6.23.23) (307 pages)
Batch #16, Part 1 (6.23.23) (311 pages)
Batch #15 (6.23.23) (63 pages)
Batch #14 (6.23.23) (300 pages)
Batch #13 (9.12.22) (364 pages)
Batch #12 (9.12.22) (518 pages)
Batch #11 (9.12.22) (218 pages)
Batch #10 (9.12.22) (311 pages)
Batch #9 (9.12.22) (471 pages)
Batch #8 (9.12.22) (495 pages)
Batch #7 (9.12.22) (591 pages)
Batch #6 (9.12.22) (1049 pages)
Batch #5 (9.12.22) (1090 pages)
Batch #4 (1.10.22) (261 pages)
Batch #3 (12.7.21) (137 pages)
Batch #2 (12.7.21) (541 pages)
Batch #1 (10.27.21)(139 pages)
University of Massachusetts Medical School/Shan Lu emails
Dr. Shan Lu’s emails in connection to his role as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Emerging Microbes & Infections (EMI) were obtained through a Massachusetts Public Records Act. Shan Lu played an essential role in EMI’s publication of a widely cited commentary strongly rebutting the theory that SARS-CoV-2 might have been emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China.
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency batch #1 (9.5.23) (4 pages) – Version 1
Defense Intelligence Agency batch #1 (9.5.23) (4 pages) – Version 2
U.S. State Department records
State Department batch #42 (8.30.23) (32 pages)
State Department batch #41 (7.31.23) (37 pages)
State Department batch #40 (7.31.23) (185 pages)
State Department batch #39 (7.31.23) (38 pages)
See RTK’s reporting:
Washington State University emails and documents
Batch #2 (6.23.23) (126 pages)
Batch #1 (6.23.23) (670 pages)
Rita Colwell emails via University of Maryland
Rita Colwell emails with EcoHealth Alliance staff (part two) (6.6.23) (289 pages). After lengthy litigation against the University of Maryland, more documents obtained about Rita Colwell, a longtime member of EcoHealth Alliance’s board of directors.
Rita Colwell emails with EcoHealth Alliance staff (11.18.20) (466 pages). Documents obtained from public records requests for emails of Rita Colwell, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a member of the EcoHealth Alliance board of directors.
See RTK’s reporting:
Scientist with conflict of interest leading Lancet COVID-19 Commission task force on virus origins (11.24.20)
EcoHealth Alliance orchestrated key scientists’ statement on “natural origin” of SARS-CoV-2 (11.18.20)
See RTK’s reporting:
Emails show scientists discussed masking their involvement in key journal letter on Covid origins (2.15.21)
Ralph Baric emails batch #1 (12.14.20) (83,416 pages). Dr. Ralph Baric’s emails with EcoHealth Alliance, Wuhan Institute of Virology, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and experts in biodefense and infectious diseases.
See RTK’s reporting:
Shan-Lu Liu emails
Shan-Lu Liu emails (Batch 3): Ohio State University (1.12.23) (1265 pages)
Zhengli Shi’s edits to a widely-cited EM&I commentary titled “No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2.” (9.27.21) (10 pages). Document obtained through an Ohio Public Records Act request for a missing attachment from the email records of Ohio State University Professor Shan-Lu Liu.
Shan-Lu Liu emails: Ohio State University (8.4.21) (488 pages).
Documents were obtained through an Ohio Public Records Act request for the email records of Shan-Lu Liu, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University.
See our reporting:
Wuhan Institute of Virology has many unreported bat virus samples, collaborating virologist says (8.10.21)
Yoshihiro Kawaoka/University of Wisconsin-Madison emails
UW-Madison batch #2 (9.30.22) (114 pages)
UW-Madison batch #1 (6.26.22) (63 pages)
Records were obtained via a Wisconsin Public Records Law request to the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison for emails of Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka. Dr. Kawaoka conducts research on influenza viruses and coronaviruses, and became well-known for his gain-of-function experiments to enable the airborne spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1.
Chao Shan/University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston emails
Chao Shan batch #2 (9.12.22) (1311 pages)
Chao Shan batch #1 (6.30.22) (932 pages)
Dr. Chao Shan conducted research on Zika virus as a postdoctoral scientist with Professor Pei-Yong Shi at UTMB-Galveston, before taking a position at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Xiang-Dong Fu emails
Documents obtained through a California Public Records Act request for records of Professor Xiang-Dong Fu, Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California- San Diego. Dr. Fu has been a member of the International Executive Committee of Performance Evaluation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Batch #1 (11.12.21) (641 pages)
Latinne et al. (2020) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI emails (10.12.21): File #1, File #2, File #3, File #4, File #5, File #6, File #7, File #8. Emails between NCBI and scientists from Ecohealth Alliance and Wuhan Institute of Virology regarding the submission of genetic sequence information about bat betacoronavirus isolate 7896, which is very closely related to RaTG13.
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
NSABB emails (10.11.21) (104 pages). Emails between Mary Ellen Groesch, NSABB members, and NIH staff regarding the replacement of 11 NSABB members, and 2014 plans to discuss dual use research guidelines (DURC) and a new biosecurity and biosafety program.
Documents obtained through FOIA to the NIH for email correspondence of Dr. Mary Ellen Groesch, Office of the Director, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and former executive director of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
Thank god there are people out there achiving all this evidence. Maybe one day, we will have .gov that will investigate.