The EcoHealth Alliance VP, turned whistle-blower spoke candidly about his tenure at the controversial organization, which has been at the centre of the Covid-origin lab leak theory, along with their partner, The Wuhan Institute of Virology.
He referred to the document compiled by Renz Law LLC, comprising of Huff’s bombshell declarations made under oath.
Huff, who is an expert in the field of bioterrorism and biosurveillance worked at EcoHealth Alliance from 2014-2016. He reviewed the research proposal "Understanding the risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence" which was submitted to the NIH detailing gain of function virology work (without explicitly stating it!) which he attests led to the creation of SARS-CoV-2, even though a moratorium was put in place in the US since October, 2014, for this type of research being carried out. Huff spoke on the ‘grey areas’ of the moratorium, eg. it didn’t apply to existing applications.
On Dec 19, 2017, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they would resume funding gain-of-function experiments involving influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
He warned Dr Peter Daszak, his former boss, about the biosafety and biosecurity risks but Daszak was extremely dismissive of his concerns. Huff went on to reveal the alarming fact- there was no biological security officer and institutional biosafety committee at EcoHealth Alliance (in direct violation of NIH guidelines).
Huff claimed that Daszak lied to him about the nature of work that EcoHealth Alliance (originally named Wildlife Trust) performs. He was surprised to find out, once he started working there from Daszak that no conservation work was being carried out by the organisation. He was under the impression, this was an area EcoHealth Alliance was directly involved in, given their website states- ‘EcoHealth Alliance is a global nonprofit leading scientific research into the critical connections between human, animal and environmental health.’
"Everyone needs to know the truth" Former EcoHealth Alliance VP turned whistleblower speaks out