Some of the previously identified papers listing Peter Daszak as an author were already damning, as they explicitly describe creating infectious clones of SARS-

Some of the previously identified papers listing Peter Daszak as an author were already damning, as they explicitly describe creating infectious clones of SARS-like (SL) viruses that can spread easily (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936131/). The related grants are all still searchable and listed on the official government websites: > Recently, another bat SL-CoV strain, SHC014, has been demonstrated to use human ACE2 by the construction of an infectious cDNA clone (12). Furthermore, animal infection experiments indicated that SL-CoV WIV1 and SHC014 could replicate efficiently and caused low pathogenesis in ACE2 transgenic mice (12, 13). The fact that the native bat SL-CoVs could use human ACE2 without any mutations indicates a high risk of interspecies transmission for these and similar coronaviruses that may exist in natural reservoirs. I am not sure how Fauci has managed to avoid accountability so far - I guess his aggressive behavior at Senate hearings has worked. But this new leak suggests that another government agency (DARPA) also accused the NIH/NIAID of conducting gain of function research in violation of the law and in violation of basic ethics, all using taxpayer money. If true and not a plant, it might just be enough to break through the lack of attention around this.