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womanofthehills

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17. I beleve Trump just stopped the money the NIH was giving

Reply to Initech (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 7, 2021, 05:26 PM

Jun 2021

To EcoHealth Alliance who in turn was funding Wuhan lab research. When Obama called for a pause on gain of function research in the US in 2014 - (Obama said it was too dangerous and he was worried about a leak and pandemic) the NIH gave Peter Daszak’s Eco Health Alliance money. When Trump became President, Eco Health Alliance was still funding the Wuhan lab. in 2019, Trump decided US could again do gain of function research in our labs. EcoHealth Alliance was getting money from NIH through both presidencies until the pandemic happened and Trump finally cut funding. Our scientists and Wujan’s scientists worked and often wrote research papers together.

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May 2020 report concluded that Covid 19 could have escaped from a Wuhan lab. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jun 2021 OP

LOL. Some unreferenced "report" that "concluded" that something "could have" happened. PSPS Jun 2021 #1

Actually, 18 top US scientists wrote to Science mag that lab leak possible womanofthehills Jun 2021 #16

I read that and your made-up "headline" doesn't represent what is says at all PSPS Jun 2021 #20

Yes, and Trump fired the research team. Initech Jun 2021 #2

I beleve Trump just stopped the money the NIH was giving womanofthehills Jun 2021 #17

Possible, but we will never truly know. roamer65 Jun 2021 #3

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #7

Another unlinked and unnamed report concluded that it couldn't have. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #4

Link? While China pretty much stamped it out internally, Trump weaponized it. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #5

"Why Would the US Have Funded the Controversial Wuhan Lab?" Goonch Jun 2021 #6

Because we fund many labs around the world to help monitor and prevent diseases? lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #10

And - the lab was in bad shape & needed help in 2018 womanofthehills Jun 2021 #18

We contributed funds to the Wuhan lab via the NiH Sympthsical Jun 2021 #8

I think a lab leak is still an unlikely explanation Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #9

That's an older article. More has come to light Sympthsical Jun 2021 #12

Nothing that has come to light suggests a leak. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #15

Old news- since Fauci's emails that Nature article is under attack womanofthehills Jun 2021 #22

I don't think you understand what "old" means. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #23

Great explanation. Thank you for posting. Baitball Blogger Jun 2021 #13

Actually, one of the reasons the gain of function research womanofthehills Jun 2021 #19

Anyone who wants to push the Wuhan lab needs to explain this Takket Jun 2021 #11

This is the whole story thank you! WA-03 Democrat Jun 2021 #14

So much new info has come out since last year womanofthehills Jun 2021 #21