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Wuhan Institute of Virology has been performing and publishing bat coronavirus research. The research used to (at least partially) be funded by US NIH grant mon
by strogonoff 5y ago
Wuhan Institute of Virology has been performing and publishing bat coronavirus research. The research used to (at least partially) be funded by US NIH grant money through an entity called EcoHealth Alliance.
A decent summary, albeit a lengthy read (published this summer, but so far still correct AFAIK): https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-...
(Personally, I’m not so sure the grant is so damning. Perhaps this research is banned in the US, but as one of the papers published said it “could help prevent a future pandemic”, and either way it has nothing to do with potential BSL-4 non-compliance that could have caused a leak. What is unfortunate is the apparent obstruction of the study of the origins of COVID outbreak.)