Thursday, August 6, 2026

McKinniss v. EcoHealth, Daszak, et al.: The New York Supreme Court Opinion.

Anthony Fauci funded gain-of-function Coronavirus research at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), through NIH’s “NIAID” and a non-profit known as “EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.” EcoHealth’s President was Peter Daszak. Peter Daszak no longer runs EcoHealth. Daszak served as EcoHealth’s President until January 2025. EcoHealth terminated his employment. HHS then formally DEBARRED both EcoHealth and Daszak for 5 years citing violations of federal grant requirements, failure to comply with oversight requests, and allegations of conducting high‑risk gain‑of‑function research in Wuhan, China without proper oversight.
 
EcoHealth and Peter Daszak turn out to be New York based. No, I do not know him. The location of Peter Daszak’s residence is the likely reason why Daszak and others were sued in Rockland County, New York in a tort and wrongful death civil litigation action over COVID-19 fatalities and injuries. McKinniss v. Eco[H]ealth, Daszak, et al., 2023 NY Slip Op. 34937(U), Index No. 034252/2022 (Sup. Ct. Rockland Co., 2023, J. Eisenpress):
Incidentally, Justice Eisenpress agreed to retire from the bench this year and will never return to judicial office:
https://www.cjc.ny.gov/Determinations/E/Eisenpress.Sherri.L.2026.01.28.STIP.pdf
 
Now that Anthony Fauci Took Five 111 times last Wednesday, you may see an up-tick in further civil litigations against Fauci, Daszak, and others responsible for funding gain-of-function research in China leading to COVID-19. Therefore, it is good to be aware of the prior history and proceedings. Below you will find the Justice Eisenpress opinion wherein she dismissed the Rockland County COVID-19 lawsuit against Daszak and others in late 2023. A similar unsuccessful lawsuit was filed in Manhattan and I will publish its First Department opinion to this Facebook page next. Now that Fauci Took Five, though, the third one might be the charm - and you will find the allegations in these papers important nevertheless: