Isolation of Sars Cov 2

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Description of Requested Records:

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any “COVID-19 virus” (aka “SARS-COV-2”, including any alleged “variants” i.e. “B.1.1.7”, “B.1.351”, “P.1”) directly from a sample taken from a diseased human, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine serum).

Please note that I am not requesting studies/reports where researchers failed to purify the suspected “virus” (separate the alleged “virus” from everything thing else in the patient sample) and instead:

cultured an unpurified sample or other unpurified substance, and/or
performed an amplification test (i.e. a PCR test) on the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture, or on genetic material from any unpurified substance, and/or
fabricated a genome based on PCR-detected sequences in the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture or from any unpurified substance, and/or
produced electron microscopy images of unpurified things in a cell culture.
Clarification of Request

For further clarity, please note I am already aware that according to virus theory a “virus” requires host cells in order to replicate, and I am not requesting records describing the replication of a “virus” without host cells.

Further, I am not requesting private patient information, or records that describe a suspected “virus” floating in a vacuum; I am simply requesting records that describe its purification (separation from everything else in the patient sample, as per standard laboratory practices for the purification of other very small things).

Please note that my request includes any study/report matching the above description, for example (but not limited to) any published peer-reviewed study authored by anyone, anywhere.

If any records match the above description of requested records and are currently available in the public domain, please provide enough information about each record so that I may identify and access each one with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may access it). Please provide URLs where possible.

Format:
Pdf documents sent to me via email; I do not wish for anything to be shipped to me.

Contact Information:
[Personal information redacted by Right to Know]

Yours faithfully,

Maya Kindred

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Dear Ms Kindred

I refer to your email of 30 September 2021 to the Department of Health regarding a Freedom of Information request.

Please be advised that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has taken carriage of this request as the nature of your request best sits with them.

For any further correspondence in regards to this request please direct it to NHMRC at [email address].

Kind regards

FOI

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-----Original Message-----
From: Maya Kindred <[FOI #7910 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2021 6:20 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Isolation of Sars Cov 2

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Description of Requested Records:

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19 virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7", "B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine serum).

Please note that I am not requesting studies/reports where researchers failed to purify the suspected "virus" (separate the alleged "virus" from everything thing else in the patient sample) and instead:

cultured an unpurified sample or other unpurified substance, and/or performed an amplification test (i.e. a PCR test) on the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture, or on genetic material from any unpurified substance, and/or fabricated a genome based on PCR-detected sequences in the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture or from any unpurified substance, and/or produced electron microscopy images of unpurified things in a cell culture.
Clarification of Request

For further clarity, please note I am already aware that according to virus theory a "virus" requires host cells in order to replicate, and I am not requesting records describing the replication of a "virus" without host cells.

Further, I am not requesting private patient information, or records that describe a suspected "virus" floating in a vacuum; I am simply requesting records that describe its purification (separation from everything else in the patient sample, as per standard laboratory practices for the purification of other very small things).

Please note that my request includes any study/report matching the above description, for example (but not limited to) any published peer-reviewed study authored by anyone, anywhere.

If any records match the above description of requested records and are currently available in the public domain, please provide enough information about each record so that I may identify and access each one with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may access it). Please provide URLs where possible.

Format:
Pdf documents sent to me via email; I do not wish for anything to be shipped to me.

Contact Information:
Last name: Kindred
First name: Maya
Address: 648 Ballina Rd, Goonellabah, NSW, 2480
Phone: 0435 551 986
Email: [email address]

Yours faithfully,

Maya Kindred

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Dear Ms Kindred

 

Re - Freedom of Information Request: No. 2021/22-006

 

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act), which has been transferred to the National Health and Medical
Research Council (NHMRC) from the Australian Government Department of
Health (under subsection 16(1) of the FOI Act), seeking:

 

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the
National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via
filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19
virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7",
"B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human,
where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of
genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine
serum).

 

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days, starting from
the day after the day on which your application was received. Therefore,
the due date for a decision on your request is 1 November 2021.

 

This timeframe may be extended where: 

·       charges are levied as prescribed by the Freedom of Information
(Charges) Regulations 2019 (FOI Regulations) (see charges below)

·       consultation with third parties is necessary (see consultation
with third parties below). 

 

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. These charges are set by the FOI
Regulations and are for search and retrieval of documents, decision making
and provision of access (for example, copying and postage). 

 

If NHMRC decides to charge you in respect of this FOI request, we will
send you a preliminary assessment of the charges as soon as possible
following retrieval of any documents that may be relevant to your
request.  

 

Consultation with third parties

NHMRC may be required under the FOI Act to consult other parties (third
parties) where information relating to third parties arises in documents
sought by your request. The FOI Act prescribes a further 30 days
processing time for NHMRC to undertake this consultation. You will be
advised as soon as possible of any requirement to consult with a third
party.

 

 

Finally, please note that section 11C of the FOI Act requires agencies to
disclose documents released under the FOI Act in a disclosure log, which
is made publicly available. There are exceptions to this requirement, such
as where release of the documents or parts of them would involve the
unreasonable disclosure of your or another person’s personal or business
information. You may choose to express a view on this issue and to
identify personal or business information that in your view would be
unreasonable to publish. However, you should be aware that section 11C of
the FOI Act embodies a pro-disclosure policy which agencies are required
to follow, subject to any exceptions provided for under the FOI Act.

 

If you have any queries throughout the process, please contact the FOI
office at: [1][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Kate

 

____________________________________________________

NHMRC Freedom of Information 
National Health & Medical Research Council 
[2][email address]

+61 (0) 2 6217 9000

[3]nhmrc.gov.au

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Maya Kindred <[5][FOI #7910 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2021 6:20 PM

To: FOI <[6][email address]>

Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Isolation of Sars Cov 2

 

REMINDER: Think before you click! This email originated from outside our
organisation. Only click links or open attachments if you recognise the
sender and know the content is safe.

Description of Requested Records:

 

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the
National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via
filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19
virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7",
"B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human,
where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of
genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine
serum).

 

Please note that I am not requesting studies/reports where researchers
failed to purify the suspected "virus" (separate the alleged "virus" from
everything thing else in the patient sample) and instead:

 

cultured an unpurified sample or other unpurified substance, and/or
performed an amplification test (i.e. a PCR test) on the total RNA from a
patient sample or from a cell culture, or on genetic material from any
unpurified substance, and/or fabricated a genome based on PCR-detected
sequences in the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture or
from any unpurified substance, and/or produced electron microscopy images
of unpurified things in a cell culture.

Clarification of Request

 

For further clarity, please note I am already aware that according to
virus theory a "virus" requires host cells in order to replicate, and I am
not requesting records describing the replication of a "virus" without
host cells.

 

Further, I am not requesting private patient information, or records that
describe a suspected "virus" floating in a vacuum; I am simply requesting
records that describe its purification (separation from everything else in
the patient sample, as per standard laboratory practices for the
purification of other very small things).

 

Please note that my request includes any study/report matching the above
description, for example (but not limited to) any published peer-reviewed
study authored by anyone, anywhere.

 

If any records match the above description of requested records and are
currently available in the public domain, please provide enough
information about each record so that I may identify and access each one
with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may
access it). Please provide URLs where possible.

 

Format:

Pdf documents sent to me via email; I do not wish for anything to be
shipped to me.

 

Contact Information:

Last name: Kindred

First name: Maya

Address: 648 Ballina Rd, Goonellabah, NSW, 2480

Phone: 0435 551 986

Email: [7][email address]

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Maya Kindred

 

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Dear Ms Kindred

 

Re - Freedom of Information Request: No. 2021/22-006

 

Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

Kate

 

____________________________________________________

NHMRC Freedom of Information 
National Health & Medical Research Council 
[1][email address]

+61 (0) 2 6217 9000

[2]nhmrc.gov.au

 

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From: NHMRC FOI <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 8 October 2021 5:41 PM
To: [FOI #7910 email]; [email address]
Cc: NHMRC FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOI Request 2021/22-006 - Isolation of Sars Cov 2 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 

Dear Ms Kindred

 

Re - Freedom of Information Request: No. 2021/22-006

 

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act), which has been transferred to the National Health and Medical
Research Council (NHMRC) from the Australian Government Department of
Health (under subsection 16(1) of the FOI Act), seeking:

 

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the
National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via
filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19
virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7",
"B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human,
where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of
genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine
serum).

 

Timeframe for receiving your decision

The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days, starting from
the day after the day on which your application was received. Therefore,
the due date for a decision on your request is 1 November 2021.

 

This timeframe may be extended where: 

·       charges are levied as prescribed by the Freedom of Information
(Charges) Regulations 2019 (FOI Regulations) (see charges below)

·       consultation with third parties is necessary (see consultation
with third parties below). 

 

Charges

Agencies may decide that an applicant is liable to pay a charge in respect
of a request for access to documents. These charges are set by the FOI
Regulations and are for search and retrieval of documents, decision making
and provision of access (for example, copying and postage). 

 

If NHMRC decides to charge you in respect of this FOI request, we will
send you a preliminary assessment of the charges as soon as possible
following retrieval of any documents that may be relevant to your
request.  

 

Consultation with third parties

NHMRC may be required under the FOI Act to consult other parties (third
parties) where information relating to third parties arises in documents
sought by your request. The FOI Act prescribes a further 30 days
processing time for NHMRC to undertake this consultation. You will be
advised as soon as possible of any requirement to consult with a third
party.

 

 

Finally, please note that section 11C of the FOI Act requires agencies to
disclose documents released under the FOI Act in a disclosure log, which
is made publicly available. There are exceptions to this requirement, such
as where release of the documents or parts of them would involve the
unreasonable disclosure of your or another person’s personal or business
information. You may choose to express a view on this issue and to
identify personal or business information that in your view would be
unreasonable to publish. However, you should be aware that section 11C of
the FOI Act embodies a pro-disclosure policy which agencies are required
to follow, subject to any exceptions provided for under the FOI Act.

 

If you have any queries throughout the process, please contact the FOI
office at: [4][email address]

 

Kind regards

 

Kate

 

____________________________________________________

NHMRC Freedom of Information 
National Health & Medical Research Council 
[5][email address]

+61 (0) 2 6217 9000

[6]nhmrc.gov.au

 

[7]cid:image004.jpg@01D57905.3E3B78E0

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Maya Kindred <[8][FOI #7910 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2021 6:20 PM

To: FOI <[9][email address]>

Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Isolation of Sars Cov 2

 

REMINDER: Think before you click! This email originated from outside our
organisation. Only click links or open attachments if you recognise the
sender and know the content is safe.

Description of Requested Records:

 

All studies and/or reports in the possession, custody or control of the
National Research Council (NRC) describing the purification (i.e. via
filtration and ultra-centrifugation and chromatography) of any "COVID-19
virus" (aka "SARS-COV-2", including any alleged "variants" i.e. "B.1.1.7",
"B.1.351", "P.1") directly from a sample taken from a diseased human,
where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of
genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka Vero cells; fetal bovine
serum).

 

Please note that I am not requesting studies/reports where researchers
failed to purify the suspected "virus" (separate the alleged "virus" from
everything thing else in the patient sample) and instead:

 

cultured an unpurified sample or other unpurified substance, and/or
performed an amplification test (i.e. a PCR test) on the total RNA from a
patient sample or from a cell culture, or on genetic material from any
unpurified substance, and/or fabricated a genome based on PCR-detected
sequences in the total RNA from a patient sample or from a cell culture or
from any unpurified substance, and/or produced electron microscopy images
of unpurified things in a cell culture.

Clarification of Request

 

For further clarity, please note I am already aware that according to
virus theory a "virus" requires host cells in order to replicate, and I am
not requesting records describing the replication of a "virus" without
host cells.

 

Further, I am not requesting private patient information, or records that
describe a suspected "virus" floating in a vacuum; I am simply requesting
records that describe its purification (separation from everything else in
the patient sample, as per standard laboratory practices for the
purification of other very small things).

 

Please note that my request includes any study/report matching the above
description, for example (but not limited to) any published peer-reviewed
study authored by anyone, anywhere.

 

If any records match the above description of requested records and are
currently available in the public domain, please provide enough
information about each record so that I may identify and access each one
with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may
access it). Please provide URLs where possible.

 

Format:

Pdf documents sent to me via email; I do not wish for anything to be
shipped to me.

 

Contact Information:

Last name: Kindred

First name: Maya

Address: 648 Ballina Rd, Goonellabah, NSW, 2480

Phone: 0435 551 986

Email: [10][email address]

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Maya Kindred

 

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