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NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials
NY POST ^ | May 16 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 05/16/2024 5:01:31 PM PDT by RandFan

At long last, National Institutes of Health (NIH) principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak admitted to Congress Thursday that US taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China in the months and years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Dr. Tabak,” asked Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, “did NIH fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through [Manhattan-based nonprofit] EcoHealth [Alliance]?”

“It depends on your definition of gain-of-function research,” Tabak answered. “If you’re speaking about the generic term, yes, we did.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bioweapon; chinavirus; covid; covid1984; gainiffunction; gainoffunction; nih; nuremberg2; usbiowarfare; usdidit; usvirus; wuhanlab
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To: wildcard_redneck
The fact that the NIH funded COVID-19 research in Wuhan is the reason the NIH/government refused to admit that there was a lab leak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. They knew that they were culpable for releasing COVID-19 into the wild from their own China labs.

Succinctly put, yes. This was pretty evident, for those who were actually interested in the truth (as opposed to swallowing somebody's propaganda and/or disinformation) almost immediately. It says something that, here in 2024, there are still vast numbers of people who either don't know this or don't wish to know it.

The United States, not China, was the "but for" cause of the COVID pandemic.

21 posted on 05/16/2024 5:51:25 PM PDT by DSH
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To: RandFan

The main problem with GOF research isn’t that the taxpayers paid for it.


22 posted on 05/16/2024 5:52:07 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Chode

Nuremberg 2.0,,,
The Good ol’ Days.


23 posted on 05/16/2024 5:59:07 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: DSH
The United States, not China, was the "but for" cause of the COVID pandemic.

I used to say that we should mark our debts to China "paid in full" for this. After later realizing that this was actually our fault, I'm speechless. I'm just simply at a loss for words, beyond saying that I'm absolutely appalled at what this country has become.

So how would I answer anyone who called me out for my previous comments? I can't. It's that bad.

24 posted on 05/16/2024 5:59:13 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

The visible government has little to do with what is actually happening to us, or to the world.

The last time we won a war our allies were the British Empire and the Soviet Union.

Our “allies” now are weak little countries chosen not for what they contribute to us and to our defense, but chosen for how likely they are to drag us into war on behalf of alien people unable to defend themselves without constant American support and supply.

It’s ridiculous.


25 posted on 05/16/2024 6:09:23 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty
So how would I answer anyone who called me out for my previous comments? I can't. It's that bad.

Well, lookit, I don't know if you're being sincere here or trolling or whatnot. But assuming you are being sincere, for my part (for what it's worth), I'm impressed with what you've said here. Most people aren't this forthright. I know it doesn't come easily to me, that's for sure.

I don't buy into all of the full-blown COVID "conspiracy" theories one sees bandied about. That "mistakes were made" and that "lies were told" has sufficient explanatory power for me. What I do recognize is that the U.S. government's subsequent response to the COVID pandemic -- in particular, the vax mandates under Biden, but also the shuttering of schools and the wild distribution of funds -- did tremendous damage to this country, damage from which I'm not sure we will recover.

The only good thing I can see coming out of this is that, for a fair number of people, their eyes have been opened, leading to a better perception of reality. I applaud you for your own reaction to all this.

26 posted on 05/16/2024 6:13:21 PM PDT by DSH
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To: ealgeone; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...

NO !!! TREASON AND THE GALLOWS !!!

On every TV Channel and loitering hang around coverage on PPV for those that want to see the job completed !!!


27 posted on 05/16/2024 6:19:37 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: thinden

yup...


28 posted on 05/16/2024 6:21:07 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Big Red Badger

Amen


29 posted on 05/16/2024 6:21:30 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: mabarker1

see #2


30 posted on 05/16/2024 6:22:35 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Gaffer

He didn’t lie; he just changed the meanings of words in real time.


31 posted on 05/16/2024 6:27:26 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: RandFan

Arrests?


32 posted on 05/16/2024 6:37:36 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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Everyone involved in gain of function research; management, scientists, technicians, support staff are guilty of crimes against humanity and should be executed.


33 posted on 05/16/2024 6:55:36 PM PDT by StrictConstructionist
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To: RandFan

Finally they’re starting to own up
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It was democide most foul perpetrated on world humanity. Governments tasked with promoting the welfare of their citizenry instead conspired to kill off as many of their charges as possible. How can this be described other than demonic evil run amok. It has without doubt changed the course of humanity forever.


34 posted on 05/16/2024 7:13:31 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: Chode

Are those solar-powered gallows?


35 posted on 05/16/2024 7:19:46 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Chode

Exactly why I Posted what I did.


36 posted on 05/16/2024 7:22:27 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: crusty old prospector

lol! sure, why not... they’re made of wood, which is just sunlight, so


37 posted on 05/16/2024 7:37:25 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: mabarker1

*


38 posted on 05/16/2024 7:37:48 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Hasn’t been a noose displayed on the gallows for some time now. Removed prior to one of Bill Clinton’s Fort Smith visits if I recall correctly.


39 posted on 05/16/2024 8:06:58 PM PDT by Scram1
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To: RandFan

As far as I am concerned “gain of function” is the current politically correct term for biological warfare. Supposedly Nixon got us out of that in 1979. Supposedly only defensive research would be possible in a section headed by a two star Army general.


40 posted on 05/16/2024 8:13:30 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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