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Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan Lab- US-funded $3.7 million approved by Dr Anthony Fauci
Asia -Times ^ | APRIL 22, 2020 | CHRISTINA LIN

Posted on 05/15/2020 11:12:29 AM PDT by dennisw

Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan US-funded $3.7 million project approved by Trump's Covid-19 guru Dr Anthony Fauci in 2015 after US ban imposed on 'monster-germ' research

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded bat-coronavirus research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to the tune of US$3.7 million, a recent article in the British newspaper Daily Mail revealed.

Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research – altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious – as a result of rising fears about a possible pandemic caused by an accidental or deliberate release of these genetically engineered monster germs.

This was in part due to lab accidents at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 2014 that raised questions about biosafety at US high-containment labs.

At that time, the CDC had closed two labs and halted some biological shipments in the wake of several incidents in which highly pathogenic microbes were mishandled by US government laboratories: an accidental shipment of live anthrax, the discovery of forgotten live smallpox samples and a newly revealed incident in which a dangerous influenza strain was accidentally shipped from the CDC to another lab.

A CDC internal report described how scientists failed to follow proper procedures to ensure samples were inactivated before they left the lab, and also found “multiple other problems” with operating procedures in the anthrax lab.

As such in October 2014, because of public health concerns, the US government banned all federal funding on efforts to weaponize three viruses – influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, at the White House on March 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP In the face of a moratorium in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci – the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and currently the leading doctor in the US Coronavirus Task Force – outsourced in 2015 the GOF research to China’s Wuhan lab and licensed the lab to continue receiving US government funding.

The Wuhan lab is now at the center of scrutiny for possibly releasing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and causing the global Covid-19 pandemic.

It is understandable that the Chinese lab likely struggled with safety issues given the fact US labs share similar problems, and indeed in January 2018 the US Embassy in Beijing sent cables warning about the safety of the Wuhan lab and asked for help.

Additionally, the embassy warned that researchers “showed that various SARS-like coronaviruses can interact with ACE2, the human receptor identified for SARS-coronavirus,” meaning bat coronaviruses can be transmitted to humans to cause SARS-like diseases.

Now, the US is up in arms to hold China accountable for the global coronavirus pandemic, filing class-action lawsuits domestically, as well as building a coalition with allies internationally.

Lawsuits have been filed within the US and the International Criminal Court alleging that China used the virus as a bioweapon, and other suits are under way at the International Court of Justice. Republican lawmakers such as Senator Tom Cotton and Representative Dan Crenshaw have also introduced legislation that would allow Americans to sue China in federal court over the deaths and economic damage wrought by the virus.

US spy agencies are also investigating whether the virus originated in the Wuhan lab, and seeking evidence that is needed to support the bio-WMD theory promoted by Republican lawmakers.

If evidence is found that Covid-19 is a biological weapon, some pundits such as Fox News host Lou Dobbs have called for the US to declare war on China.

Nonetheless, it is unclear what the legal ramifications would be if the virus was indeed leaked from a Chinese lab, but as a result of a research project that was outsourced and funded by the US government.

Also, if there was a government ban in 2014 on federal funding being used for GOF research, what are the federal compliance and ethical issues surrounding the fact that the NIH still gave federal funding instead of private funding to the Wuhan lab to continue the experiments?


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KEYWORDS: chinavirus; chinavirusnews; fauci; moreoldnews; wuflu; wuhanflu; wuhanlab; wuhansars
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
I’ve heard this before weeks ago. Why didn’t any Senator ask Fauci about this when he testified??!!

I believe our House Republicans would have done a better job.

21 posted on 05/15/2020 11:41:15 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ronnie raygun

They (chicoms & dem agents) had a list of insurance policies and firewalls.
If they get away with this, next will be weaponized mumps virus that sterilizes 80% of adults.


22 posted on 05/15/2020 11:42:16 AM PDT by jonose
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

The Senate sees themselves as political gentlemen who never ask the hard questions of their genteel peers. Ever see Lindsay Graham ask the tough questions? He talks about it but rarely acts. He did one time with Cavanaugh.


23 posted on 05/15/2020 11:45:46 AM PDT by apoliticalone (Ever see)
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To: dennisw

October 2014 — US government banned all federal funding on “Gain Of Function” efforts to weaponize three viruses – influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

2015 — Fauci outsourced the Gain Of Function research to China’s Wuhan lab and licensed the lab to continue receiving US government funding.

2018 January — US Embassy in Beijing warmed about the safety of the Wuhan lab, asked for help, and warned that researchers “showed that various SARS-like coronaviruses can interact with ACE2, the human receptor identified for SARS-coronavirus,” meaning bat coronaviruses can be transmitted to humans to cause SARS-like diseases.

Wow...look whose fingerprints are all over this. Is this an accurate summary?


24 posted on 05/15/2020 11:47:32 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dennisw
The SARS_CoV-2-Fauxi Strain has been
patented, so don't anyone DARE stop it,
vilify it or its creators or funders
INCLUDING Fauxi, Xi, Gates and Soros.

This ATROCITY, ahhhh Product,
was designed to kill, and to instill a little
HIV into an immune system -- no one really needs
anyway. So if YOU want to go back to work
or get in to see your elderly parent
FIRST YOU MUST take your shot of this novel vaccine
fortified with Fauxi-CDC-Retrovirus AND
Gates' Luciferin Optical dots.

You can pay in Bat quarters, if you like.



25 posted on 05/15/2020 11:50:26 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: R_Kangel

I’ve watched Fauci’s speech where he said that. He basically said every future president is going to have to deal with a pandemic. There was nothing prescient, sinister, or notorious about what he said. People are naturally wont to exaggerate things like this, take it out of context, fit it into conspiracy theories, and generate silly memes — everything we hate when the Dems do it.


26 posted on 05/15/2020 11:52:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dennisw

We and the rest of the west like to outsource danger, trash, pollution and mess.

How about we suck it up, make what we need, and deal with the consequences?


27 posted on 05/15/2020 11:55:30 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: minnesota_bound

He is isolating isn’t he?


28 posted on 05/15/2020 11:56:57 AM PDT by Freedom56v2
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To: dennisw

So... the origin of the virus was NOT Wuhan but instead the desk of Dr Anthony Fauxi...???


29 posted on 05/15/2020 12:02:47 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: dennisw

-Fauxi 2005.  NIH Scientists Conceal Millions in Royalties for Experimental Treatments 

https://ahrp.org/nih-scientists-caught-concealing-millions-in-royalties-for-experimental-treatments-ap

-Fauxi’s 15 deadly mistakes and contradictions

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/update-list-dr-faucis-15-deadly-mistakes-contradictions-including-devastation-us-economy-based-garbage-model/

-Fauxi and Birx used fraudulent Imperial College model to urge shut down 

https://liberalsarenuts.com/2020/05/07/dr-fauci-and-dr-birx-used-imperial-college-model-now-confirmed-as-a-complete-fraud-to-persuade-president-trump-to-lock-down-entire-us-economy

https://judithcurry.com/2020/03/25/covid-19-updated-data-implies-that-uk-modelling-hugely-overestimates-the-expected-death-rates-from-infection

-Modeler had to resign in disgrace

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/professor-lockdown-modeler-resigns-in-disgrace/

-Fauxi later reverses and says we can’t rely on models

https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/04/03/fauci-we-cant-really-rely-on-models/ ;  
   

-Fauxi has numerous conflicts of interest

https://nationalfile.com/president-trump-vs-bill-gates-on-treatment-fauci-has-a-100-million-conflict-of-interest

https://newswithviews.com/dr-fauci-and-dr-birx-have-a-record-of-medical-failure/

-Fauxi has long history of fraud

http://www.americanfreedomunion.com/dr-faucis-long-criminal-history/

https://www.coreysdigs.com/law-order/when-the-masks-went-on-their-masks-came-off/

-Fauxi fired researcher that exposed his vaccines were spreading chronic diseases

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/sweet-innocent-dr-fauci-assistant-doctor-fired-jailed-2011-warning-vaccines-giving-americans-known-chronic-diseases/

-Fauxi is Hillary loyalist

https://conservativedailypost.com/fauci-fraud-face-of-coronavirus-task-force-exposed-in-hillary-loving-deep-state-act
/

-Fauxi promised AIDS Vaccine and has yet to deliver

https://newswithviews.com/dr-fauci-and-dr-birx-have-a-record-of-medical-failure/

    

-Scarf Queen falsified data on HIV research

https://truepundit.com/dod-leak-feds-investigated-birx-fabricated-falsified-hiv-aids-vaccine-trials/

- Fauxi knew hydroxyxhloroquine could both cure and prevent corona viruses in 2005.  Passive aggressive on HCQ in 2020.  Intentional?

https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2020/04/27/fauci-knew-about-hcq-in-2005-nobody-needed-to-die

-”Fauxi” praised use of hydroxychloroquine in 2013 to treat the MERS corona virus.  Risky drug in 2020?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/wow-dr-fauci-cheered-hydroxychloroquine-success-treating-mers-coronavirus-2013-today-skeptical-weird/

 

-Fauxi funded research grants to Wuhan lab to fund virus research that was illegal in the U.S. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211291/U-S-government-gave-3-7million-grant-Wuhan-lab-experimented-coronavirus-source-bats.html

   

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/paid-for-the-damn-virus-thats-killing-us-giuliani-rips-fauci-over-grants-to-wuhan-laboratory

https://www.fort-russ.com/2020/04/breaking-kennedy-exposes-dr-faucis-role-in-creating-highly-infectious-mutant-strain-of-coronavirus/ ;

https://conservativedailypost.com/evidence-fauci-funded-virus-gain-of-function-study-making-transmission-to-humans-possible/

https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/why-us-outsourced-bat-virus-research-to-wuhan/

-Fauxi in 2017: President Trump Will Be Challenged By a “Surprise Global Disease Outbreak”.  What did he know?

https://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/emerging-diseases/news/online/%7B85a3f9c0-ed0a-4be8-9ca2-8854b2be7d13%7D/fauci-no-doubt-trump-will-face-surprise-infectious-disease-outbreak

     

-Despite his 2017 prediction, Fauxi unprepared for 2020 pandemic.  By design?

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2020/04/02/america-unprepared-coronavirus-pandemic-what-do-about-covid-19/5109482002/

    

-In Jan 2020 interview, he said,  “... this is not something that the citizens of the United States right now should be worried about.” - intentional? 

https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/03/flashback-fauci-coronavirus-us-threat-trump/

-Fauxi caught on video flip flopping on severity of the virus

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=59a0uGIFZGY

-Fauxi said masks do not work.       

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08/

-Fauxi in February said malls, gyms and movie theaters were OK.  Make us more vulnerable?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/update-fauci-said-cruises-ok-march-9-fauci-said-malls-movies-gyms-ok-feb-29-now-wants-blame-trump-failures/

  

-Fauxi in March said Americans cruises were OK.  Catch us with guard down?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/douggollan/2020/03/09/fauci-says-cruising-is-ok-if-you-are-healthy/#6f8eb5f62d4d

     

-Fauci on CNN Easter Sunday suggested President Trump should have shut down the country in February 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/dope-dr-fauci-says-trump-shut-economy-february-democrat-impeachment-sham/

-Fauxi exaggerated need for Hospital beds

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/faucis-follies-us-coronavirus-field-hospitals-shut-without-treating-single-patient-garbage-models-used-us-experts/

-Fauxi is front man for Big Pharma, pushing expensive new drugs that require tests and trials rather than inexpensive proven cures like HCQ+zinc+zpack that have been around for decades.  More time to let the virus spread?   

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/04/fauci_now_is_part_of_the_problem_not_part_of_the_solution.html

-Fauxi delaying tests of vaccines and cures 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/04/fauci_now_is_part_of_the_problem_not_part_of_the_solution.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/05/four_questions_senators_should_ask_redfield_and_fauci_on_tuesday.html

-Fauxi agenda is mandated vaccines to benefit Big Pharma and Bill Gates.

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/anthony-fauci-sets-stage-mandatory-vaccine/

-Fauxi 100% wrong with exaggerated models

https://community.oilprice.com/topic/13016-us-surgeon-general-adams-dumps-bill-gates-who-cdc-%E2%80%98predictive-contagion%E2%80%99-model/

   

-Fauxi longtime relationship with corrupt WHO director, a communist-globalist with terrorist ties, who covers for the CCP  

https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/is-w-h-o-director-tedros-a-terrorist-global-ties-to-bill-gates-clinton-foundation-dr-fauci-china-and-genocide/

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/fauci-who-head-really-outstanding-person

https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/is-w-h-o-director-tedros-a-terrorist-global-ties-to-bill-gates-clinton-foundation-dr-fauci-china-and-genocide/

-Fauxi endorses Tinder hookups

https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/fauci-endorses-tinder-hookups-with-a-caveat/

-Fauxi plotted ‘Global Vaccine Action Plan’ with depopulation advocate Bill Gates, pushing panic and doubts about HCQ.  Big Pharma $$$s.   

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/0OlUbR7U/dr-anthony-fauci-plotted-global-vaccine-action-plan-with-bill-gates-before-pushing-covid-panic-and-doubts-about-hydroxychloroquine-treatments

- Fauxi, May 2020 told National Geographic the virus did not originate in Chinese Lab.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/05/anthony-fauci-no-scientific-evidence-the-coronavirus-was-made-in-a-chinese-lab-cvd/

 

-Fauxi wrong again on State of Georgia reopening

             

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/dr-fauci-wrong-coronavirus-cases-drop-new-lows-georgia-opens-state-lifts-lockdown-orders/

             

 

-Dr Birx now believes CDC inflating death numbers by as much as 25%.   distancing herself?

   

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-bombshell-report-dr-birx-believes-cdc-inflating-death-numbers-much

-First Case in US Treated with Remdesivir was January – Two Weeks Later China Was Mass Producing the Drug – The Firm Gilead Sciences and Dr. Fauci Are In the Middle

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/first-case-covid-19-us-treated-remdesivir-late-january-two-weeks-later-china-mass-producing-drug-firm-gilead-sciences-dr-fauci-middle
/

Two Fauxi mistakes led to nationwide Lockdown

www.theepochtimes.com/the-two-mistakes-that-led-to-a-national-lockdown_3349318.html


30 posted on 05/15/2020 12:05:48 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

“Fauci, Birx and Redfield, all incestuously complicit in the HIV/AIDS frauds and malpractice, today hold the future of not only American public health, but also of the entire world economy in their hands. Not a good situation. As their work on the proved HIV=IDS fraud shows, the coronavirus tests do not at all prove presence of a deadly virus in any patient. If this is so, it is perhaps the greatest criminal fraud in medical history.”
___________________________________________________________________________
There is a tsunami of evidence of crimes against humanity accumulating on Fauci.


31 posted on 05/15/2020 12:26:43 PM PDT by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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To: polymuser

I’ve seen Amazin Polly’s excellent vid on PEPFAR.

Eye opening, and I wish more ppl would see it.


32 posted on 05/15/2020 12:30:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Look accurate. Here is more on the Chinese “Bat Lady”. I would love to know if she was physically in University of North Carolina when bat virus research was done there. Until termination in 2014 and moved to Wuhan.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/update-dr-shi-zhengli-ran-coronavirus-research-wuhan-us-project-shut-dhs-2014-risky-prior-leak-killed-researcher/


33 posted on 05/15/2020 1:11:43 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw
Here is a very long and technical article about the origins of the virus in bat caves in Yunnan Province. This appears to be excellent sleuthing, but I’m easily fooled.

Lab-Made? SARS-CoV-2 Genealogy Through the Lens of Gain-of-Function Research, by Yuri Deigin, Medium.com, April 22, 2020.

34 posted on 05/15/2020 1:24:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dennisw

bump


35 posted on 05/15/2020 1:54:10 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Some of these people, I met them -- zero interest, Okay? Like zero." -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Wow! This Fauci guy is a modern day version of the Nazi medical experimentation’s.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/background-and-overview-of-nazi-medical-experiments


36 posted on 05/15/2020 3:59:36 PM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: dennisw

Everyone needs to Google SV-40. You will find it was something put into the polio vaccine to give us cancer. It was done in the 1950’s to early 1960’s.

Very little bioweapon research is done in the US because of congressional oversight. Research Ulkraine’s bioresearch lab and you will find info about a certain kind of biting fly that was only active during the summer months. Now its active all 12 months of the year.

China with its Belt and Road program has been making all kinds of deals with other countries. This may have pissed our leaders in DC. They needed China to take a major hit in order to reclaim our standing with these countries.

That is what is happening now

The Fauci Flu was cut loose to China in hopes it would get released to save the US place in global power.

Now prove me wrong with facts not opinions please


37 posted on 05/15/2020 4:58:44 PM PDT by MRBIGMUTTS
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