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America founded research at the Wuhan lab [1], and more precisely exactly the research that lead to the virus outbreak. EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak have be
by credit_guy 4y ago
America founded research at the Wuhan lab [1], and more precisely exactly the research that lead to the virus outbreak.
EcoHealth Alliance and Daszak have been working with Shi Zhengli, a virologist at the WIV [Wuhan Institute of Virology], for more than 15 years. Since 2014, an NIH grant has funded EcoHealth’s research in China, which involves collecting faeces and other samples from bats, and blood samples from people at risk of infection from bat-origin viruses. Scientific studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus most likely originated in bats, and research on the topic could be crucial to identifying other viruses that might cause future pandemics. The WIV is a subrecipient on the grant.
[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02473-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02473-4