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The speaker begins by discussing their military career, serving in combat tours and doing counterterrorism work. They then talk about their educational background, including degrees in psychology and engineering, as well as a PhD in public health. They mention being offered positions at various government agencies and working at Sandia National Laboratories. They later transitioned to a job at ECLAF Alliance, where they focused on building machine learning and artificial intelligence platforms for detecting emerging infectious diseases. They mention being promoted to an executive position but becoming disillusioned with the company. They then discuss their expertise in SARS COV-2 and their belief that the government is lying about it. They mention being targeted and publishing a book called "The Truth About Wuhan."

The speaker says their role is to present context that, in their view, the past four years involved “orchestration to assault the liberties of people” by “pretending” the situation was a public health emergency while enabling “inconceivable threat to liberties” and “violation of human rights.” They frame this as “lip service to tyrants” and as “domestic and international terrorism.” They argue that evidence begins in the UK in 1966, saying the UK’s wealth and trust decided to fund “the coronavirus as the preferred form of human manipulation” in 1966. They then claim that one year later, the United States and the UK agreed to “modify and manipulate coronavirus” to see what could be done to infect a healthy population (described as 1967). They characterize “Operation Warp Speed” as arriving after 56 years. They cite an imaged 2011 document, described as stating “antitrust collusion” involving the Wellcome Trust, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Gates Foundation, NIAID, and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The speaker claims this group established a mandate that “by 2020, the world would accept… a universal vaccine” by the end of 2020, and they say the group identified coronavirus as the thing nature would need for the plan to happen. The speaker then quotes a 2015 public statement: “To sustain the funding base beyond the crisis, we needed to increase the public understanding of the need for medical countermeasures such as a pan influenza or pan coronavirus vaccine.” They say that at the time, the World Health Organization had officially declared coronavirus an eradicated disease, and they ask what world would need a vaccine for an eradicated disease. They argue that media hype drives economics: “A key driver is the media, and the economics will follow the hype,” and that “We need to use that hype to our advantage to get to the real issues.” They add that investors respond if they see profit, and characterize this as treason or terrorism. They say that Peter Daszak will testify in Congress in “a few short days” that the emergence likely came from a random event in Wuhan, China, where a bat and pangolin “got together and voila” by December, calling it “conspiracy level language.” The speaker asserts this is an admission of conspiracy “to commit acts of terror.” They also cite 2016 language, claiming an announcement that the Wuhan Institute of Virology Virus 1 was “poised for human emergence,” and treat this as part of the same “conspiracy.” Next, the speaker claims evidence includes a 2002 patent filed on “synthetic primary coronavirus,” which they say was “patented to be infectious and replication protective,” calling it “weaponized.” They further claim that in 2005, a curriculum vitae indicates “synthetic coronaviruses, biohacking, biological warfare enabling technologies,” and they question the meaning of that phrase, linking it to biological weapons. They state they have U.S. credentials since 2002 as a “biological weapons inspector” and say they briefed the matter since then. Finally, they cite a WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board announcement in September 2019, saying that between 09/19/2019 and September 2020 there would be “our greatest… accidental or intentional release of a respiratory pathogen,” emphasizing the word “release” as “not a leak” and suggesting no mention of accident likelihood.

The speaker is working with Jay Bhattacharya and Secretary Kennedy to investigate US-funded gain of function research, including at the Wuhan lab, which they believe may have led to the COVID-19 pandemic. They aim to provide evidence linking this research to the pandemic. The speaker claims Anthony Fauci denied this research under oath and may have sought a preemptive pardon. They argue that gain of function research continues in biolabs worldwide, posing a risk of future pandemics. The speaker faced criticism for warning about US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. The speaker questions why the intelligence community was reluctant to conclude that COVID-19 originated in a lab, contrasting this with instances where they quickly make assumptions without conclusive evidence. They attribute this to the politicization of intelligence, citing the Iraq War as an example of intelligence being used to influence policy.

I used to work for the FBI's foreign counterintelligence unit and did surveillance on various intelligence groups. One interesting topic is the Wuhan virus, which I believe is a bioweapon developed by the Chinese military. Many countries, including the US and Russia, have bioweapons. The FBI confirmed it was a bioweapon within 48 hours and traced its origin using specialized equipment. China's goal is not to destroy the US but to colonize it gradually, starting with media and schools. They have been spying since the 1970s, attending trade and science shows, and now they are deeply involved in universities, gathering data for new weapons.

Over a year ago, we knew about the biolabs, their experiments, and related documents. It started in 2005 with the Defense Intelligence Agency, which created the Global Viral Forecasting Institute with Nathaniel Wolf, later Meta Biota. Rosemont Fonseca, an investment firm headed by Hunter Biden, Christopher Hines, and Paul Pelosi Jr., funded Meta Biota. This is a corrupt operation developed over the last decade to generate biological warfare against the Russians. They've been collecting DNA from Slavic people. General Igor Krylyov exposed this as a war crime because it violates the biological weapons agreement. America's 30 biolabs in Ukraine experimented on animal-to-human transmission, which is the origin of COVID-19. The research conducted in Ukraine will be directly connected to COVID-19. The United States created and opened this Pandora's box.

I hide my face due to my job. For almost a year, my team has gathered evidence on secret US labs in Ukraine, suspected by the Russian interior ministry of testing biological weapons. When the Ukrainian army retreated, we tried but failed to remove all materials. Investigators found evidence of deadly viruses and patient test paperwork in the abandoned lab. We don't know how many centers have been established in Ukraine over the past eight years, but the Russian military has found signs of them in most liberated major settlements. Many people worldwide are trying to find out who created this bioweapons factory network, how long it has operated, where, and how many deaths it's responsible for.

My name is Charles Rixey, a member of Drastic, and a former CBRN specialist. My research indicates SARS CoV-2 exhibits gain of function characteristics, fulfilling all seven US government categories, and ranks as the fourth most attractive potential bioweapon. Experiments conducted across multiple countries show a pathway to creating a virus like SARS CoV-2, with EcoHealth Alliance acting as a key partner. The virus uniquely combines elements never before seen in a single coronavirus, like the furin cleavage site, enhancing its transmissibility and pathogenicity. These suspicious elements, common in bioweapons research, were censored by Fauci and others. The DEFUSE proposal, hidden by the intelligence community, shows intent to create such a virus. This cover-up and the resulting censorship obstructed justice, with horrific implications for global public health.

Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund “dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses” at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, work described as the source of an unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic. On the final day as Director of National Intelligence, the speaker says they are releasing “never-before-seen communications and documents” intended to show how Fauci worked with “politicized career leadership” in the intelligence community to suppress the truth about his actions, the lab leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for the research. The documents are said to demonstrate Fauci’s influence over and manipulation of intelligence community COVID-19 assessments and to show Fauci lied to Congress in 2024 by denying knowledge of or participation in discussions with intelligence officials about viral research. The speaker also states that multiple intelligence community whistleblowers provided testimony that they faced retaliation for challenging manipulation of intelligence regarding the virus’s origins. The speaker describes this as a “pattern of suppressing dissent, silencing critics, and burying the truth.” The speaker says Fauci’s close relationships with the intelligence community enabled him to occupy three roles that “shield[ed] him from scrutiny”: 1) Funding dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to big pharma and its pursuit of universal vaccines worth trillions of dollars. 2) Acting as a behind-the-scenes advisor, alongside hand-picked “experts,” to push the intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin, framed as a way to hide Fauci-funded gain-of-function research using taxpayer dollars and to shift blame away from Fauci’s actions. 3) Serving as a “pandemic pundit,” publicly pushing “lies, disinformation, and censorship” across available platforms. According to “hundreds of reviewed emails” included in the release, the intelligence community “almost always incorporated Fauci’s recommendations.” The speaker says Fauci promoted a paper whose publication he helped prompt as legitimate information for intelligence community consideration. Senior analysts are described as praising Fauci as an “unbiased guide” to real coronavirus experts while ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci’s narratives. The speaker further claims Fauci “blatantly lied” to Congress under oath during his 2024 testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, denying he spoke to any intelligence agency about COVID, and says the newly released correspondence directly contradicts that sworn testimony. The speaker reports whistleblowers described threats of retaliation, marginalization, and career setbacks for analysts who challenged Fauci’s conclusions. Examples provided include a contractor terminated days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower, and managers telling advocates for the lab leak hypothesis or those expressing dissent that leadership would determine promotions. The speaker says senior leaders also attempted to undermine whistleblowers by removing anonymity required by the whistleblower process and insisting their managers or attorneys be present during ODNI meetings, described as creating an atmosphere of intimidation. The speaker concludes that the release is intended to provide transparency, truth, and accountability, citing “lies and censorship and coverups,” and describing the tactics used as part of a “deep state playbook.”

I'm embedded in the Pentagon, working in the joint staff, and I have experience as a former FBI agent. We discuss trafficking and I describe the perpetrator as a sociopathic narcissist. There are concerns about protecting the American people from potential threats he may pose. I'm currently in discussions with retired generals to explore strategies for addressing these issues.

Before the COVID pandemic, the transcript claims that Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund “dangerous gain-of-function research” on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, work it says is now widely viewed as the source of an unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic. It says the speaker, in support of President Trump’s “maximum transparency mandate,” is releasing never-before-seen communications and documents on the speaker’s final day as Director of National Intelligence. The transcript alleges the documents show how Fauci worked with “politicized career leadership” in the intelligence community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus’s lab leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for the research. It claims the documents expose Fauci’s “direct role” in influencing and manipulating intelligence community assessments on COVID-19 and that Fauci lied to Congress in 2024 under oath by denying knowledge of or participation in discussions with intelligence officials about viral research. It also states that multiple intelligence community whistleblowers testified that they faced retaliation for challenging manipulation of intelligence about the virus’s origins. The transcript says it reveals a “pattern” of suppressing dissent and silencing critics. The transcript attributes three roles to Fauci that it says shield him from scrutiny: (1) funding dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to “big pharma” and their pursuit of universal vaccines; (2) serving as a behind-the-scenes advisor who, with hand-picked experts, pushed the intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin to hide the gain-of-function research Fauci funded; and (3) acting as a pandemic pundit who publicly pushed “lies, disinformation, and censorship” across multiple platforms. According to the transcript, “hundreds of reviewed emails” show that the intelligence community “almost always” incorporated Fauci’s recommendations, including promoting a “fraudulent paper” as legitimate information for intelligence consideration. It says senior analysts praised Fauci as an “unbiased guide” to coronavirus experts while ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci’s narratives. The transcript reiterates that it claims Fauci lied to Congress in 2024 before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic by denying he spoke to any intelligence agency about COVID, and says the released correspondence directly contradicts that sworn testimony. It further describes alleged whistleblower retaliation, including threats of retaliation, marginalization, career setbacks, a contractor terminated days after coming forward to ODNI, and managers telling those who advocated for or expressed dissent on the lab leak hypothesis that leadership would determine promotions. It also claims senior leaders undermined whistleblowers by removing anonymity required in the process and insisted managers or attorneys be present during ODNI meetings, creating an intimidation atmosphere.

My name is Charles Rixey, a member of Drastic, investigating the pandemic's origin since 2020. My research indicates SARS-CoV-2 fulfills all seven categories of gain of function experiments. A NATO expert group ranked it as the fourth most attractive potential bioweapon, rivaling smallpox. I've identified over 50 papers detailing experiments producing a virus resembling SARS-CoV-2, with EcoHealth Alliance acting as a key intermediary. The DEFUSE proposal, leaked by Major Joseph Murphy, outlined characteristics found in the virus's genome. The virus uniquely combines a polybasic furin cleavage site, an SEB analog sequence, and high human ACE2 affinity. Evidence suggests a coordinated effort to censor discussions on the virus's manipulated origin, involving Fauci and others. The implications are horrific, demanding a thorough investigation into these crimes against humanity. I offer my testimony for the victims of the pandemic.

Over a decade ago, the speaker warned about the weaponization of nature and the dire consequences it would have. They believe that the current situation presents an opportunity for a public conversation on who we want to be as humanity. The speaker acknowledges their involvement in sharing information about the pandemic, thanks the parliament members and translators, and mentions their loss of fame in mainstream media. They provide a historical context, stating that coronavirus was isolated in 1965 and has been modified and studied since then. They highlight the violation of biological and chemical weapons treaties and laws, as well as the ineffectiveness of vaccines against coronavirus. The speaker accuses organizations like EcoHealth Alliance and DARPA of funneling money through Anthony Fauci and engaging in gain-of-function research. They argue that coronavirus was engineered and patented as a bioweapon, and call for an end to gain-of-function research and corporate patronage of science without assuming product liability.

Speaker 0 thanks the committee for a complimentary introduction and for dedication to transparency and accountability. Speaker 0 says they are a career CIA operations officer. They report that they were on joint duty at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, working with the National Intelligence Directors Initiatives Group (DIG), from March 2025 to April 2026. Speaker 0 states their responsibilities included leading the DIG’s investigation into COVID origins, anomalous health incidents, and unidentified anomalous phenomena. Speaker 0 says they are appearing to discuss “the COVID cover up,” the national security implications tied to the DIG’s investigative findings, CIA refusal to comply with lawful oversight, and how to remedy these problems. Speaker 0 describes how intelligence community leaders and senior analysts downplayed the possibility that the COVID pandemic originated as the result of a lab incident. Speaker 0 says that motives were difficult to define given the scope of the DIG’s review. Speaker 0 then states that, “intentional or not,” the IC’s actions resulted in a cover up, wasted resources, and a failure to properly inform policymakers. Speaker 0 says that public health policy would have been very different if the American public had been made aware that a virus from a lab in China was going to serve as the foundation for emergency use authorization mRNA products that were mandated by the former administration. Speaker 0 then addresses Doctor Fauci’s role. Speaker 0 states that Doctor Fauci’s role in the cover up was intentional. Speaker 0 says Fauci influenced the analytical process and findings by using his position to ensure that the intelligence community consulted with a conflicted list of curated subject matter experts, public health officials, and scientists. Speaker 0 states that this included some of the authors of the paper “The Proximal Origin of SARS CoV-two.” Speaker 0 further says the process included other public health experts who have been in Fauci’s orbit for the last twenty plus years. Speaker 0 frames these points in relation to the DIG investigative findings and ties them to national security implications, CIA refusal to comply with lawful oversight, and proposed remedies for the problems Speaker 0 describes.

According to Speaker 1, Dr. Fauci was informed via email on January 27, 2020, that NIAID had a financial connection to the Wuhan Institute through EcoHealth Alliance. Speaker 1 believes NIH was funding gain of function research. Speaker 1 also claims American tax dollars likely funded gain of function research that created the virus, not only from NIH, but also from the State Department, USAID, and DOD.

Speaker 0 argues that the world has been lied to for 110 years by a small group of criminal industrial conspirators who aim to subjugate humanity to enrich themselves, impoverish and kill others, and that the words “acceptable death rate” have become an industrial norm. They claim this is not just a political disagreement but a crime, asserting that the World Health Organization (WHO) and pharmaceutical companies authorized to begin the process of killing human beings in the interest of advancing their goals. The speaker declares this is a criminal cartel and states they will show documents proving it, insisting this is not an allegation but something that is provable by their own words. The four-step process alleged for executing nefarious plans is: 1) they begin by planning an exercise, 2) they fund that exercise, 3) they create the rationale for what they will do, and 4) they deploy and profit from it. They claim this violates 15 U.S. code section 19 (and connect it to the Clayton Act and the early formation of WHO in 1947), and they claim violation of the TFEU (the treaty for the functioning of the European Union), asserting Article 101 sets out that this was never public health but racketeering to instill terror to adapt population behavior. Data from Zurich is used to argue there was no pandemic: the speaker notes that during the death pandemic of the globe, life insurance claims fell by $30,000,000,000, stating that the data is unambiguous and that there was genocide rather than a pandemic. They pivot to the 2011 WHO, Welcome Trust, PATH, and Gates Foundation malaria vaccine program for children under six months, highlighting that 66 children in the vaccine group were murdered and 28 in the control group were murdered, with the control described as a cocktail of pathogenic injections rather than saline. The speaker references Article five, section 13, claiming immunity from arrest or legal process was designed as permanent immunity for a criminal organization formed in 1947; they connect the first WHO director general, Renee Sand (sic) from the Dachau-era milieu, to Brock Chisholm, who allegedly advocated population control as a primary objective. The claim extends to funding and influence: Gates Foundation allegedly provides 88% of WHO’s foundation donations, which the speaker says constitutes a tax and competition law violation in Europe and the United States. The four-step process is illustrated again with sourcing: to sustain funding beyond the crisis, to increase public understanding for medical countermeasures like pan-influenza or pan-coronavirus vaccines, and to use media hype to attract investors who see profit at the end of the process, as documented by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board and Peter Daszak’s partnerships. The 2014 Rand Paul–Anthony Fauci correspondence is cited, showing a letter from NIAID to UNC Chapel Hill stating that gain-of-function research would continue during a moratorium with a budget funded by DARPA and NIH. The speaker quotes that the Wuhan virus was anticipated, citing a 2016 publication stating SARS-like Wuhan Institute of Virology virus one is poised for human emergence, implying foreknowledge and manipulation of the virus in Wuhan and UNC Chapel Hill. The talk shifts to the characterization of the work as biological warfare enabling technologies, referencing Ralph Baric’s 2005 DARPA/MITRE presentation and subsequent NIAID and DARPA funding, concluding that the project was to produce biological warfare enabling technologies rather than public health measures. They highlight substantial profits for Pfizer and Moderna from public funds and accuse the WHO of laundering money via a budget expansion request of 11%. In closing, the speaker maintains this is not a public health crime or constitutional crime, but a criminal conspiracy of criminal racketeers. They call for ending the criminal organization itself and urge everyone to destroy the WHO.

COVID-19 had telltale signs of being made in a laboratory from the beginning. The CIA has stated the virus came from a lab, but what they didn't say is that it was almost surely made in a US laboratory, possibly at the University of North Carolina, and may have been tested in a Chinese laboratory. The Biden administration hid this. One theory is that US scientists wanted to test the virus on a specific bat population in the Wuhan facility. The FBI should crack the case, as it is an inside US job. The University of North Carolina is withholding 2019 emails and fighting to keep them from public scrutiny. There is reason to believe that Tony Fauci funded reckless, dangerous research that went awry.

In the US Air Force, I worked in bio environmental engineering, responsible for tracking the military's impact on the environment. While going through a computer system, I discovered large quantities of hazardous materials like aluminum, barium, and strontium. I started investigating further and found the same substances at another Air Logistics Center. Conducting air and soil sampling, I confirmed high levels of contaminants. When I questioned this, my superiors threatened me with a mental evaluation. This validated my suspicions that we were violating laws and harming people instead of protecting them. Geoengineering is the most critical issue we face, as it affects our food, water, and health. We are overexposed to toxins from various sources, including water and vaccines. Despite the consequences, I will continue to speak out because I took an oath to protect human health.

New evidence suggests that Dr. Anthony Fauci may have been involved in bringing a coronavirus strain to the US before the pandemic. Documents reveal that in 2018, Fauci's team visited the Wuhan lab, obtained a virus, and transported it to a lab in America. They also took Egyptian fruit bats from a Maryland zoo to Montana and combined them with the coronavirus. Despite this, Fauci acted surprised when the virus started spreading. The White Coat Waste Project claims that Fauci has a history of experimenting on animals and warns that funding for more bat labs is being allocated from COVID relief funds. The nominee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports gain of function experiments and funding for labs in China and other unaccountable nations. The focus should be on exposing these labs and holding those responsible accountable.

There's a hero we don't talk about enough, Jay Bart Classen, an MD and PhD who worked at NIAID alongside Dr. Anthony Fauci in the 1980s and is still at NIH. Classen wrote a peer-reviewed paper, published in Cy Vision, a biomedicine publication, alleging that the Mossad, using US assets, created COVID-19 as a bioweapon for genocide. He names specific Mossad agents and mentions Bill Gates, detailing his observations. I even spoke with Classen, who confirmed his findings, stating he has provided the best information he could. He urged us to spread the word. So, we're letting people know about this peer-reviewed research.

Anthony Fauci's involvement in funding the Wuhan lab is being covered up by multiple government agencies. Despite Congress declassifying information, I am still being denied access to classified and unclassified information. Evidence suggests that Fauci lied in hearings and knew about the lab's activities. Emails reveal his concerns about the manipulated virus and its origins. He dismissed these concerns for the past three years. Fauci bypassed the safety committee that should have reviewed the funding, allowing it to proceed unchecked. This revelation is significant and could lead to Fauci's downfall.

Anthony Fauci's involvement in funding the Wuhan lab is being covered up by multiple government agencies. Despite Congress declassifying information, I am still being denied access to classified and unclassified information. However, evidence shows that Fauci lied in hearings and knew about the lab's activities. Emails reveal his concerns about the manipulated virus and its origins in Wuhan. He dismissed these concerns for the past three years. Additionally, Fauci bypassed the safety committee that should have reviewed the funding, which is a significant revelation. Ultimately, this could lead to the downfall of Anthony Fauci.

Project Veritas has obtained military documents revealing information about the origins of COVID-19, gain of function research, vaccines, and potential treatments. These documents contradict Dr. Anthony Fauci's claims that the US government was not involved in gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The documents include a report from DARPA, a US Department of Defense agency, which states that EcoHealth Alliance approached DARPA in 2018 seeking funding for dangerous gain of function research. DARPA rejected the proposal, but the NIAID, under Dr. Fauci's direction, proceeded with the research in Wuhan and other US sites. The question arises as to why the NIH, NIAID, and EcoHealth Alliance disregarded the risks when even the Department of Defense deemed the research too dangerous.

The speaker is working with Jay Bhattacharya and Secretary Kennedy to investigate US-funded gain of function research, including at the Wuhan lab, and its potential link to the COVID-19 pandemic. They aim to provide evidence showing why ending this research is in the American people's best interest. The speaker claims that Anthony Fauci funded the pandemic and then denied it under oath to Senator Rand Paul. They also suggest Fauci sought a preemptive pardon from President Biden. The speaker was attacked for warning against US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, fearing potential pathogen releases. The speaker questions why the intelligence community was reluctant to conclude that COVID-19 originated in a lab, suggesting politicization of intelligence to meet objectives or influence policy. They draw a parallel to the intelligence used to justify the Iraq regime change war and its consequences. The speaker emphasizes the need to address these issues within the intelligence community and highlights the importance of leadership.

I served in the US Air Force for 9 years and later blew the whistle on geoengineering practices I witnessed. Initially, I thought the idea of chemtrails was absurd, but while working in bioenvironmental engineering, I discovered that weather modification using hazardous materials was happening right from my office. This realization conflicted with my oath, prompting me to investigate further. I ultimately decided to expose the truth and leave my position. Now, I use my experience and credentials to raise awareness about the reality of weather modification, which is increasingly acknowledged.

Project Veritas says it has obtained never-before-seen military documents about the origins of COVID-19, gain-of-function research, vaccines, potential treatments, and government concealment. Fauci testified the US government was never involved in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Major Murphy’s report claims EcoHealth Alliance approached DARPA in March 2018 to fund gain-of-function research on bat-borne coronaviruses. DARPA rejected the proposal as too dangerous and potentially violative of the gain-of-function moratorium. Documents allegedly show NIH/NIAID did not reject it and continued research at Wuhan and elsewhere. Fauci has maintained NIH/NIAID were not involved. Murphy’s report cites concerns about the gain-of-function program, concealment of documents, and suppression of potential curatives like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and the mRNA vaccines. Veritas sought comment from DARPA; questions remain about how and why risks were disregarded and who buried the report that could have prevented the pandemic.