> he is both funding and promoting such research You mean the US NIAID is funding it? Fauci doesn't personally review and approve every (or even any) grants is

> he is both funding and promoting such research You mean the US NIAID is funding it? Fauci doesn't personally review and approve every (or even any) grants issued by NIAID. The NIAID director is far too busy to do that. I think it's done by scientists who volunteer their time. > Particularly, he funded the Wuhan lab to research bat to human coronavirus gain of function in 2019 before the outbreak. The grant doesn't appear to say anything about gain-of-function research at the WIV. Are you getting this claim from Newsweek, or have you seen it elsewhere? > One of the lead researchers successfully created a chimeric virus that is similar to how covid-19 theoretically became so good at infecting humans. Really? Which researcher did that, and can you cite the publication in which they describe that chimeric virus? > It is quite impressive that he picked both the vector and location prior to the pandemic outbreak. Seems like we should be giving him much greater recognition for this achievement. It sounds like you're saying that Fauci engineered SARS-CoV-2, but I may be misinterpreting you. Is that indeed what you're suggesting? Where did you get this claim from?