The families of four persons who died as a result of COVID-19 have filed a lawsuit against the Manhattan-based nonprofit that supported coronavirus research in China for “creating” the bug and “releasing it, either intentionally or accidentally.”
According to the August 2 Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, EcoHealth Alliance and its president, Peter Daszak, knew that the virus was harmful and “capable of causing a worldwide pandemic.”
Despite partially supporting the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the virus originated, EcoHealth Alliance failed to ensure crucial safety precautions were in place — and subsequently sought to cover up the outbreak’s roots, according to court documents.
“If we had known the source or origin of this virus and had not been misled that it was from a pangolin in a wet market, and rather we knew that it was a genetically manipulated virus and that the scientists involved were concealing that from our clients, the outcome could have been very different,” attorney, told The Washington Post.
The families of Mary Conroy in Pennsylvania, Emma D. Holley in Rochester, New York, Larry Carr in Crossville, Tennessee, and Raul Osuna in Bennington, Nebraska are suing for damages.
“[The families of the deceased] are definitely in mourning, but moreover they’re enraged because the truth of what really happened appears to be coming forward,” Finn added.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELPaul Rinker of Pennsylvania is also suing Midtown-based EcoHealth and Daszak for “serious injuries” he sustained as a result of his encounter with the insect.
Finn has also sued EcoHealth and Daszak in Nassau and Rockland Counties on behalf of the families of four other persons who died as a result of the illness, as well as two who survived.
“This particular case is highly offensive because it appears they knew and concealed the origin of the virus,” Finna added. “The treatment or approach taken in dealing with the virus could have been radically different than it was.”
In a report from June, the Government Accountability Office said that the EcoHealth Alliance, which gives out money from the National Institutes of Health, gave $1,413,720 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. A separate investigation found that the government may have given millions of dollars in duplicate grants to Wuhan research institutions through EcoHealth.
And don’t even get me started on how Dr. Anthony Fauci went around the panel that votes on approvals for grant money so that he could give money to EchoHealth to do gain-of-function research at Wuhan.
