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The EU Research Network Behind It: CORDIS Findings on Corman et al. 2020

The PCR paper by Corman et al. (Euro Surveillance, January 2020) was produced within an EU research network documented since 2009. The EU’s CORDIS database shows: Erasmus MC Rotterdam appears in all five relevant EU projects. Drosten’s move from Bonn to the Charité in 2017 is directly reflected in the CORDIS project list. Eight of the twenty-four co-authors come from Erasmus MC, six from the Charité.

"Complete Nonsense" — The Quote, Its Subject, and What Became of It

On May 12, 2020, Christian Drosten said on the NDR podcast: ‘That is complete nonsense.’ The subject: Luc Montagnier’s claim that HIV sequences had been genetically inserted into SARS-CoV-2. The Focus headline the next day: ‘Drosten refutes lab theory.’ Those are two different statements. One was correct. The other was broader than the quote.