Dr Anthony Fauci, chief health adviser to US President Joe Biden and director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has been under pressure to step down. Because he was accused of lying about the funds being channeled to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) laboratory for Corona virus research.
The Wuhan Lab, as is known, has been accused by several parties of being the source of the leak of the Corona COVID-19 virus. In May 2021. Dr. Fauci in testimony to the US Senate stated, "The National Institute of Health (NIH) government agency has never funded 'gain of function' research at WIV."
'gain of function' research is basically medical research that genetically alters organisms that may add function to test a theory. If applied to viruses, for example, this research could turn them into more infectious or deadly for research purposes.
Well, Fauci's statement was later accused of lying. Media The Intercept found evidence that the NIH awarded the EcoHealth Alliance a $3.1 million bat coronavirus research grant. A total of USD 599 thousand went to WIV which, among other things, was used to identify and modify the bat Corona virus that might infect humans.
"This document makes clear that the statements by NIH directors and Anthony Fauci that the NIH does not support research at WIV are untrue," said Richard Ebright, an academic at Rutgers University.
He stated that research at WIV on SARS-related coronaviruses, combined with genetic information from other types of coronaviruses, has resulted in viruses that can infect human cells.
This finding is indeed not valid evidence that the Wuhan Lab is the origin of the Corona COVID-19 virus, but it makes suspicions even greater. Several Republican politicians also hold Dr Fauci responsible for his lies. So are netizens.
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"Citizens' taxes are used to fund coronavirus research at WIV. What is Dr Fauci really hiding?" asked senator Jim Jordan, quoted from the Daily Wire, Wednesday (8/9/2021).
"NIH has funded dangerous research on gain of function in the Wuhan Lab. The man who asked for masks to be used on children and put us under continuous lockdown actually helped the Corona virus pandemic. Why is he still able to work? Fauci must be fired and immediately investigated," he said. Senator Ronny Jackson.