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2020-04-15 China-Japan-Koreas
Wuhan Institute of Virology used $3.7m in US Gov't money for bat research
[Business Today] The US government had reportedly funded $3.7 million to the Chinese laboratory in Wuhan which has been at the centre of speculations surrounding coronavirus outbreak.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology is believed to have conducted coronavirus experiments on mammals captured from the caves of Yunnan, China, with the US money.

According to documents obtained by British media outlet Daily Mail, scientists there experimented on bats as part of a project funded by the US National Institutes of Health, which continues to licence the Wuhan laboratory to receive American money for experiments.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services responsible for biomedical and public health research.

Research into the sequencing of the COVID-19 has traced the virus back to bats in the Yunnan caves. The Wuhan Institute of Virology is one of the most advanced laboratories in China. It is situated 20 miles from the animal market from where the coronavirus is believed to have first transferred to a human.
20 Miles? What happened to "less than a 100 yards"?
The revelation that the US government was funding the lab doing research on bats in Wuhan has added fuel to the conspiracy theory which suggests that that the Wuhan lab was the actual place of origin of the coronavirus pandemic, not the animal market. Soon after this discovery US lawmakers, pressure groups hit out at the US government for funding dangerous and cruel experiments at the Wuhan Insititute.

US Congressman Matt Gaetz said, "I'm disgusted to learn that for years the US government has been funding dangerous and cruel animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute, which may have contributed to the global spread of coronavirus, and research at other labs in China that have virtually no oversight from US authorities."

Related: Daily Mail - Wuhan lab was performing coronavirus experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated - with a £3m grant from the US
Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 Even better than Trump getting Mexico to help pay for the wall.
Posted by gorb 2020-04-15 00:20||   2020-04-15 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps we are now discovering why a 'deep dive' into the origins of the CV in the vicinity Wuhan hasn't gained much traction.

National Institute of Health (NIH). Website excerpt:

NIH History - Several Institutes were established over the next two decades. Then, with the golden era of expansion beginning after World War II, the primary focus of the NIH turned to a rigorous grants program to bolster research in U.S. colleges and universities.

"Golden era" of grants. Alright, I get it.
Yes, here it is - Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH, Jan/Feb 2014


Questions? No, I have no additional questions.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-15 01:46||   2020-04-15 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they should have used the money to learn proper clean hog farming practices!
Posted by Bill Gonque7501 2020-04-15 08:21||   2020-04-15 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 There are two labs. One is a lower security level.
Posted by Ebbereper Munster6449 2020-04-15 20:23||   2020-04-15 20:23|| Front Page Top

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