First, Statnews is not a "far right-wing news outlet". Second, quoting from said Statnews article: >But it has become apparent that the research team did not

First, Statnews is not a "far right-wing news outlet". Second, quoting from said Statnews article: >But it has become apparent that the research team did not clear the work with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which was one of the funders of the project. The agency indicated it is going to be looking for some answers as to why it first learned of the work through media reports. >Emily Erbelding, director of NIAID’s division of microbiology and infectious diseases, said the BU team’s original grant applications did not specify that the scientists wanted to do this precise work. Nor did the group make clear that it was doing experiments that might involve enhancing a pathogen of pandemic potential in the progress reports it provided to NIAID. >“I think we’re going to have conversations over upcoming days,” Erbelding told STAT in an interview. The BU press release does not address this at all.