Why are we talking about NIH grants and the Wuhan lab leak theory?

Jun 24, 2021 at 11:50 AM CDT

NIH Wuhan lab

President Joe Biden has asked the intelligence community to “redouble efforts” investigating the origins of COVID-19. The Wuhan lab remains at the center of the investigation and $600k in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants are in question.

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JIMMIE JOHNSON: FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE PUTTING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT.

THE FED’S FIRST CONCERN IS THAT FEDERAL MONEY WENT TO CHINA’S WUHAN LAB THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM.

THE NIH AWARDED A LARGE GRANT TO ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, A NEW YORK-BASED NON-PROFIT.

THEY, IN TURN, FUNNELED 600 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IT TO CHINA’S WUHAN LAB OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, STARTING IN 2013, SPECIFICALLY TO STUDY CORONAVIRUS IN BATS.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI HAS DEFENDED THE GRANT REPEATEDLY AS ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS TO FIGURE OUT IF VIRUSES CAN JUMP FROM ANIMALS TO PEOPLE.

DR. FAUCI: “THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY STUDY THESE THINGS IS TO GO TO WHERE THE ACTION IS…SO WE HAD A MODEST COLLABORATION WITH VERY RESPECTABLE CHINESE SCIENTISTS WHO ARE WORLD EXPERTS ON CORONAVIRUS AND WE DID THAT ON A SUBGRANT FROM A LARGER GRANT TO ECO-HEALTH.”

JIMMIE JOHNSON: HERE’S THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS: THE MONEY FOR RESEARCH IN CHINA WAS GIVEN FROM 2013 TO 2017, THEN IN NOVEMBER 2019, THIS HAPPENED.

ALL HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. NO ONE IS. SAYING THEY GOT COVID-19, BUT NO ONE OTHER THAN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LAB, ARE SAYING THEY DIDN’T.

HENCE THE ULTIMATE QUESTION: DID THE WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC BEGIN IN THAT LAB OR WAS THE FIRST HUMAN INFECTED OUTSIDE THE LAB? DOCTOR FAUCI SAYS THE LATTER IS MORE LIKELY.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ASKED INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE VIRUS ORIGINATED.

AS OF TODAY, THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS ‘COALESCED AROUND TWO LIKELY SCENARIOS’ BUT HAS NOT REACHED A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION.

TWO OTHER QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED IN ALL THIS: WAS THE NIH THE ONLY U.S. ENTITY WHOSE FUNDING SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN CHINA? AND, WHAT IF ANY RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE PLACED ON AMERICAN NOT-FOR-PROFITS PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHINESE ORGANIZATIONS?

DID WE GET THIS STRAIGHT?

LET US KNOW, USING OUR BIAS METER BELOW

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