EXCLUSIVE: Records Reveal What NIH Said About China When COVID-19 Emerged

Records reveal what NIH said about China when COVID-19 emerged * WorldNetDaily * by Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal

Source link Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force delivers remarks at a coronavirus (COVID-19) update briefing Monday, April 6, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (Official White House photo

EXCLUSIVE: Records Reveal What NIH Said About China When COVID-19 Emerged

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL— In the summer of 2019, the Wuhan Institute of Virology was set to become the headquarters for the Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, according to documents from the National Institutes of Health and National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In less than a year, biosafety seemed an unlikely description for the Wuhan lab that was widely suspected as the site where COVID-19 originated. As COVID began to emer…

Emails show Wuhan scientist suggested hand-carrying research antibodies to China

In April 2018, Chinese virologist Zhengli Shi emailed a trusted American collaborator with what she framed as “a favor.” At the time, her team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were testing whether newly discovered bat coronaviruses could infect other animals. Another U.S.-based researcher, Shi wrote, was preparing to send monoclonal antibodies she needed “to test the efficiency against SARS-related CoV infection in animal models.”  But instead…

Emails show Wuhan scientist suggested hand-carrying research antibodies ...