US government suspends funds for Wuhan lab over stonewalling COVID probe

MSN Via New York Post ^ | 07/18/2023 | David Propper

[SeekAndFind]

In 2014, the NIH awarded EcoHealth Alliance and its president Peter Daszak an grant for "understanding the risk of bat coronavirus emergence." The WIV received a subaward of that grant.

[xp38]

My cup of irony overfloweth here

[SeekAndFind]

Notably, the WIV "had openly participated in gain-of-function research in partnership with U.S. universities and institutions" for years under the leadership of Dr. Shi 'Batwoman' Zhengli, according to the Washington Post's Josh Rogin.

EcoHealth also funneled funds from the US Agency for International Development to the WIV.

Earlier this year, HHS’s Office of Inspector General conducted an audit that determined that the NIH and EcoHealth Alliance didn’t effectively monitor awards and subawards, limiting their ability to understand the nature of research conducted and identify problem areas.

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The lab won’t be able to conduct any business with US as an agent or representative of others, and its affiliation with any organization that does business with the federal government will also be carefully examined. -Bloomberg

That said, the Wuhan lab can contest the suspension and proposed disbarment - a relatively rare event. The decision to defund the lab was done independently of the US intelligence community, Bloomberg further reports.

In June, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a declassified report which identified several safety and security issues at the WIV that could have contributed to a lab leak.

[SaveFerris]

Oh good - they're only about 4 years too late

or more

[eyedigress]

Fed Gov all over it.

Go ahead tards, continue with your BS.

[SaveFerris]

[has scraped funding]

From the genius “journalists” at MSN and friends

Dictionary

Definitions from Oxford Languages

scrape

verb

past tense: scraped; past participle: scraped

1.push or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter.
“we scraped the dishes clean”

2. rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury.
“he smashed into the wall and felt his knee scrape against the plaster”

[SaveFerris]

C’mon New York Post!

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[eyedigress]

You made me look. I thought maybe a typo from the OP.

Nope. MSN is scraping the bottom of the barrel in copy.

[lee martell]

Three years later...

[Manic_Episode]

Suspend funds for FBI for stonewalling effing everything.

[SaveFerris]

Yeah, I had to look too; and there it was.

They all must be saving a lot of money with no copy editors!!

[lightman]

About ti F me!

That "about 'F' in 'time'" for low information voters.

[lightman]

Any further “translations” makes one a certified bonified DIM -o-CRAP.

[skr]

Why were we still funding it?! Did Pres. Trump still trust Fauci that much to keep the payments going, or did he tell someone to stop the funding but was ignored?

[lightman]

Did Pres. Trump still trust Fauci that much to keep the payments going, or did he tell someone to stop the funding but was ignored?

My money:

Initially, yes.

Later on...like around April 2020...yes

[ProtectOurFreedom]

WTH are we sending ANY money for ANY kind of research to China? Why wasn’t this money flow shut off in March 2020 in the first place? Why did it take 3 years and 3 months to shut off the money?

[DoughtyOne]

What’s the hurry? /s

Wouldn’t we cut that money flow off as soon as it was
discovered, and then prosecute anyone who had supported
it in the first place?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Think of the money saved by not having to transmit the bits for millions of “p” characters.

[arthurus]

It took them a long time. It must have been hard to take money away from their ally.