Peter Daszak

Daszak and other virologists long warned of the potential of SARS-like coronaviruses to cause epidemics like those seen in the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak or the 2012 MERS outbreak, and Daszak collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to study coronaviruses in China. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Daszak became a member of the World Health Organization team sent to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Daszak became a frequent victim of criticism, accusations, and threats, obscuring research into the Origin of SARS-CoV-2. The virus is thought by scientists to have emerged naturally via Zoonosis in late 2019.
In 2024, Daszak was questioned by members of U.S. congress, in what virologist Angela Rasmussen warned was "essentially an attack on science." In 2025, the United States Department of Health and Human Services debarred Daszak for five years, alleging reporting irregularities and criticizing Daszak's research in China. Provided by Wikipedia
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