Metabiota

Pandemic research firm Metabiota struggled with safety and data problems

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Metabiota, one of five main partners implementing the $200 million USAID-funded PREDICT virus-hunting project that concluded in 2019, had safety and data quality lapses, according to documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know. The San Francisco-based firm describes itself as a government and private industry partner specializing in pandemic prediction and mitigation. However, documents from Pandemic research firm Metabiota struggled with safety and data problems

EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China

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EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak opposed the public release of Covid-19-related virus sequence data gathered from China as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) PREDICT program, according to emails obtained by U.S. Right to Know. The conversation in late April 2020 involved employees of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that has received millions EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China