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When many US universities/research organizations needed funding, why would the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have funded the controversial Wuhan Lab?
Why Would the US Have Funded the Controversial Wuhan Lab? – The Diplomat
According to Newsweek, funding for the WIV (Wuhan Institute of Virology) occurred in two phases. The first took place from 2014 to 2019, through a $3.7 million project for collecting and studying bat coronaviruses. The second phase began shortly after, with another $3.7 million. Unlike the first, this project appears to have included work on “gain-of-function”: research that investigates how a virus can gain the ability to infect a new type of animal.
According to wiki, the lab was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 1961, it became the South China Institute of Microbiology, and in 1962 was renamed Wuhan Microbiology Institute. In 1970, it became the Microbiology Institute of Hubei Province when the Hubei Commission of Science and Technology took over the administration. In June 1978, it was returned to the CAS and renamed Wuhan Institute of Virology.
After the Wuhan lab was known by the American author Dean Koontz, he changed the name the virus in his re-release of the book in 1989 (The Eyes of Darkness)
Partly false claim: a 1981 book predicted the coronavirus 2019 outbreak | Reuters
If the China Wuhan Lab's purpose was to create a vaccine for the Coronavirus, why could Pfizer, Johnson, and other companies develop a highly effective vaccine within in a year,
while the China Wuhan Lab has been studying the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak for more than 15 years?
Why Would the US Have Funded the Controversial Wuhan Lab? – The Diplomat
According to Newsweek, funding for the WIV (Wuhan Institute of Virology) occurred in two phases. The first took place from 2014 to 2019, through a $3.7 million project for collecting and studying bat coronaviruses. The second phase began shortly after, with another $3.7 million. Unlike the first, this project appears to have included work on “gain-of-function”: research that investigates how a virus can gain the ability to infect a new type of animal.
According to wiki, the lab was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 1961, it became the South China Institute of Microbiology, and in 1962 was renamed Wuhan Microbiology Institute. In 1970, it became the Microbiology Institute of Hubei Province when the Hubei Commission of Science and Technology took over the administration. In June 1978, it was returned to the CAS and renamed Wuhan Institute of Virology.
After the Wuhan lab was known by the American author Dean Koontz, he changed the name the virus in his re-release of the book in 1989 (The Eyes of Darkness)
Partly false claim: a 1981 book predicted the coronavirus 2019 outbreak | Reuters
If the China Wuhan Lab's purpose was to create a vaccine for the Coronavirus, why could Pfizer, Johnson, and other companies develop a highly effective vaccine within in a year,
while the China Wuhan Lab has been studying the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak for more than 15 years?
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