NIH Documents Provide New Evidence US Funded Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan

Re:NIH Documents Provide New Evidence US Funded Gain-of-Func... by vanusa on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:26PM (#28487065)

The Intercept contain new evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the nearby Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment, along with their collaborator, the U.S.-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, have engaged in what the U.S. government defines as “gain-of-function research of concern,” intentionally making viruses more pathogenic or transmissible in order to study them,

And here's the fun part:

despite stipulations from a U.S. funding agency that the money not be used for that purpose.

In other words - something very, very different from what the clickbaity title implies.

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Re:NIH Documents Provide New Evidence US Funded Gain-of-Func... by 0xdeadb00f on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:55PM (#28487790)

That doesn't surprise me from China. I'm not much of a conspiracy nut but... Also knowing the US they could be lying to cover their asses.

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