This kind of research was already banned in America, which is why American money was funelled towards WIV research grants to continue the research with less ove

This kind of research was already banned in America, which is why American money was funelled towards WIV research grants to continue the research with less oversight and off American soil [1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/57932699 https://www.bbc.com/news/57932699 >This body did give money to an organisation that collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. >That organisation - the US-based EcoHealth Alliance - was awarded a grant in 2014 to look into possible coronaviruses from bats. >EcoHealth received $3.7m from the NIH, $600,000 of which was given to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. >In 2019, its project was renewed for another five years, but then pulled by the Trump administration in April 2020 following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. >Senator Paul believes the research did qualify as "gain-of-function" research, and referred to two academic papers by the Chinese institute, one from 2015 (written together with the University of North Carolina), and another from 2017.