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Gary Ruskin

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Gary Ruskin

@garyruskin

executive director, @USRightToKnow, working to expose corporate wrongdoing and government failures threatening our health, food and environment.

Joined October 2008

Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Oct 17, 2024
Here's what's at stake in tomorrow's court hearing in North Carolina: The University of North Carolina is opposing the public release of about 50,000 pages of documents, mostly of Prof. Ralph Baric, that may hold clues to the origin of Covid-19. We are litigating to make these
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Jul 31, 2024
U.S. Right to Know is litigating against the University of North Carolina for about 50,000 pages of documents, mostly related to Ralph Baric, possibly related to the origin of Covid-19. Last December, Judge Alyson Adams Grine appointed a referee to "review the records and
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Nov 6, 2023
Good news. We just won today’s court hearing against the University of North Carolina about documents of Ralph Baric possibly related to the origin of Covid-19. We asked the judge for in camera review of the documents, and appointment of a special master. The judge granted both.
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Oct 18, 2024
In a court hearing today before NC Judge Alyson Grine, the University of North Carolina argued against disclosing to the public about 50,000 pages of documents, mostly of Prof. Ralph Baric, possibly holding clues about the origins of Covid-19. In her decision today, Judge Grine
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Aug 9, 2022
Peter Hotez, critic of congressional probe into gain-of-function research, helped fund Wuhan gain-of-function study. Via @emilyakopp @USRightToKnow
Critic of congressional probe into gain-of-function research helped fund Wuhan gain-of-function...
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Jan 10, 2022
Replying to @garyruskin
Here’s EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak trying to block the public release of viral sequence data from China related to #COVID19 that was paid for by U.S. taxpayers. usrtk.org/wp-content/upl…
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Oct 27, 2022
Today I’m in Chapel Hill, North Carolina w/ our lawyer. We’re here to negotiate with @UNC about our litigation over 7 public records requests, mostly about Ralph Baric's work, and whether there is any connection to the origins of Covid-19. Will UNC offer to release any new docs?
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Apr 21, 2022
We have filed an FOI lawsuit against the University of North Carolina, for seven public records requests during the last 21 months about the work of @UNC Prof. Ralph Baric and others, related to the origins of Covid-19. #FOIA usrtk.org/wp-content/upl…
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Jan 10, 2022
EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of #COVID19-relevant virus data from China. Via @sai_suryan @USRightToKnow
EcoHealth Alliance wanted to block disclosure of Covid-19-relevant virus data from China
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Dec 8, 2022
“Peter Daszak, who worked closely with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, helped steer the media and scientific community away from questions about whether COVID-19 could have originated in a lab," new emails show. Via @emilyakopp @kccorin @USRightToKnow
Emails show Wuhan lab collaborator played central role in public messaging about COVID-19 origins
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Feb 8, 2024
The University of North Carolina just produced a tiny batch of emails, apparently from the private gmail addresses of Ralph and Toni Baric. The emails suggest an effort to evade North Carolina public records laws. While we appreciate that @UNC has produced these documents, it is
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Nov 20, 2024
Today, we filed a notice of appeal in the Court of Appeals of North Carolina in our NC Public Records Act case against @UNC for about 50,000 pages of documents, mostly of Prof. Ralph Baric, possibly containing clues about the origins of COVID-19. We won’t give up until the public
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Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Nov 28, 2022
Did the @StateDept predict something like the Covid-19 pandemic in 2018? Yes, according to a @StateDept official, in a batch of new documents we obtained just before Thanksgiving via #FOIA litigation.
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Apr 26, 2022
We have filed a #FOIA lawsuit against the @StateDept for documents related to a State Dept. investigation of the origins of Covid-19, the EcoHealth Alliance, gain-of-function research, dual use research of concern and the Global Virome Project. usrtk.org/wp-content/upl…
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Nov 2, 2023
Here are the University of North Carolina’s arguments for why it should not disclose about 4500 records mostly related to Ralph Baric, and potentially related to the origin of Covid-19. #FOIA usrtk.org/wp-content/upl…
Gary Ruskin
@garyruskin
Oct 30, 2023
In next Monday’s court hearing on our North Carolina Public Records Act case against @UNC for documents of Ralph Baric possibly related to the origin of Covid-19, we are asking for in camera review and appointment of a special master. Here is our memorandum of law:
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