This is a collection of material relevant to the July 11, 2023 hearing with the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The hearing, titled “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up”. The hearing itself is a clear example of the politicization of scientific questions and targeting of scientists that have published peer-reviewed papers that go against a preferred political narrative.
I will not go into any more details here, other than just to have a record of all the material produced as it relates to the hearing to serve as a historical record of this political attack on scientists and the scientific method.
Video
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Hearing
Dr. Kristian Andersen – Opening Statement
Material from Congress
Hearing Landing Page: Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up
Drafts of the Proximal Origin manuscript
Hearing Wrap Up: Suppression of the Lab Leak Hypothesis Was Not Based in Science
Majority (R) Report: “Did The “Bethesda Boys” Downplay A Lab Leak?”
Minory (D) Report: “They Played No Role”
Press Release – Wenstrup to Hold Hearing with “Proximal Origins” Authors
Press Release – Wenstrup Releases Alarming New Report on “Proximal Origin” Authors, NIH Suppression of the COVID-19 Lab Leak Hypothesis
Press Release – Chairman Wenstrup Opens Hearing with Authors of Infamous “Proximal Origin” Publication: Assumptions are not Science
Written Testimonies
Dr. Kristian Andersen
Dr. Robert Garry
Transcribed Interviews
Dr. Kristian Andersen
Dr. Robert Garry
Dr. Ian Lipkin
Dr. Michael Farzan
Congressional Letters
Dr. Kristian Andersen – Subpoena
Dr. Kristian Andersen – Subpoena Letter
Media Coverage
Nature – US Congressional Hearing Produces Heat But No Light On Covid-Origins Debate
Science – Politicians, Scientists Spar Over Alleged NIH Cover-Up Using Covid-19 Origin Paper
The Atlantic – The Republican Lab-Leak Circus Makes One Important Point
New York Times – Scientists, Under Fire From Republicans, Defend Fauci and Covid Origins Study
CNN – Scientists At House Hearing Refute Claims They Were Bribed and Influenced To Deny Covid-19 ‘Lab Leak’ Theory
LA Times – House Republicans Give a Crash Course In How To Concoct a Conspiracy Theory About Covid’s Origin
Washington Post – GOP Probes Covid Origin Paper as Authors Protest ‘Absurd’ Allegations
Other Relevant Links
Fact Check: No Evidence Scientists Received Grant for Changing Opinion on Pandemic Origins, Contrary to Claims
