A British scientist involved in animal experiments at the Chinese lab suspected of being behind the Covid-19 outbreak has been accused of plotting with a US health official to muzzle the theory.
US court documents allege zoologist Dr Peter Daszak conspired with David Morens to disrupt suspicions that the research may have caused the global pandemic.
They claim the former president of US-based non-governmental organisation EcoHealth Alliance sent bottles of wine to Morens, then a senior figure at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to thank him for ‘behind the scenes shenanigans’.
Other gifts supposedly offered to the official, who offered
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