{"id":193863,"date":"2023-11-01T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=193863"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:24:51","slug":"why-are-we-only-now-hearing-about-the-anthony-fauci-run-lab-in-montana-that-experimented-with-a-coronavirus-strain-shipped-in-from-wuhan-a-year-before-covid-pandemic-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=193863","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Why are we only now hearing about the &#8220;Anthony Fauci-run lab in MONTANA that experimented with a coronavirus strain shipped in from Wuhan a year BEFORE the Covid pandemic began&#8221;?!<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> What is quite astonishing about the following expos\u00e9 is that the inimitably treacherous Dr. Fauci was able to keep his Montana biolab under wraps for so long.\u00a0 After nearly fours years of extensive investigations into the true origins of COVID-19, the following bombshell disclosures are being made only now.\u00a0 And the bioweapon laboratory is right here in our own back yard.\u00a0 Now that&#8217;s an impressive cover-up!<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>REVEALED: Anthony Fauci-run lab in MONTANA experimented with coronavirus strain shipped in from Wuhan a year BEFORE Covid pandemic began<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The NIH infected 12 bats with a SARS-like coronavirus in 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The virus was shipped from Wuhan to an NIH lab in Montana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>READ MORE: Fauci warns he has nightmares about\u00a0<a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12663649\/Anthony-Fauci-warns-nightmares-inevitable-pandemic.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;next inevitable pandemic&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">US taxpayer money was used to experiment with coronaviruses from the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12667059\/Senator-Rand-Paul-Covid-Kentucky-pandemic-China-Biden-Beijing-Anthony-Fauci.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese lab thought to be the source<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-8f03be10-7809-11ee-9746-e14caf2175c5\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/coronavirus\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Covid<\/a><\/span>\u00a0pandemic more than a year before the global outbreak, an investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Dr\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-8ecca880-7809-11ee-9746-e14caf2175c5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/dr-anthony-fauci\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Fauci<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s leadership, infected 12 Egyptian fruit bats with a &#8216;SARS-like&#8217; virus called WIV1 at a lab in Montana in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The WIV1-coronavirus was shipped from the Wuhan lab the FBI believes caused the Covid pandemic and was tested on bats acquired from a &#8216;roadside&#8217;\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-3ba69760-7859-11ee-8993-fb929819ef36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/maryland\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a><\/span>\u00a0zoo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-container cnx-full-height\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-container cnx-full-height cnx-ad-video-size-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-bid-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div><iframe id=\"goog_578459091\" src=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/core\/bridge3.599.0_en.html#goog_578459091\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-bid-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div><iframe id=\"goog_578459092\" src=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/core\/bridge3.599.0_en.html#goog_578459092\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-bid-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ad-slot\">\n<div><iframe id=\"goog_578459093\" src=\"https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/core\/bridge3.599.0_en.html#goog_578459093\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cnx-top-title-logo cnx-top-title-logo-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>Top Storiesby\u00a0<em>Daily Mail<\/em>00:3100:42<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/984ad57b-824a-4ce7-b3a6-64f4fa6469d6.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Woman receives surgery to remove tumor after checking ear infection\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/919a703f-7b63-495f-82c8-ba17de58cbde.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Israeli ground forces 'expanding their activity' in Gaza Strip\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/141d6bd9-a0ba-4a74-b3e9-971c0deac4c0.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Keir Starmer shuns journalist's question outside his front door\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/a9537918-474b-474a-8808-8eacc34f55b7.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Naga Munchetty on agonising womb condition dismissed for 32 years\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/466fad06-ada6-4d48-9ad6-24e7619587cc.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Moment King Charles rushes to help woman who gets her heel stuck\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/4ac12d2a-c441-4dae-9467-8c9e682d8fe6.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Botany student treat issues with herbs and stinging nettles\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.connatix.com\/pid-8062ac58-fe97-472e-a7c4-e338e13c68ee\/826ca071-496c-42bb-8f25-5ec6d06052c6\/fc0bb684-a5c4-40ce-bbf0-db72ebba2f26.jpg?crop=600:338,smart&amp;width=600&amp;height=338&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"One loves gardening! Green-fingered Charles picks Nairobi vegetables\" \/><a class=\"cnx-ui-ps__wrapper cnx-ui-ps__title--default\" title=\"I quit traditional medicine to treat my PCOS - I've never felt better\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12623975\/Alternative-medicine-herbs-treat-hormonal-PCOS.html?ito=rss-connatix&amp;traffic_source=Connatix\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">I quit traditional medicine to treat my PCOS &#8211; I&#8217;venever felt better<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The research &#8211; revealed this week by a campaign group &#8211; determined the novel virus could not cause a &#8216;robust infection&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the research is more evidence of ties between the US government and the Wuhan lab, as well as the funding of dangerous virus research across the globe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-74a379bcbc6a0840\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/20\/77240179-12693441-image-a-3_1698782454768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"381\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"container-3zJLP horizontal-1eH9F\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-36c7c159f0ef5251\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/76937421-12693441-They_found_eight_novel_viruses_including_one_belonging_to_the_sa-a-4_1698767281599.jpg\" alt=\"Eight novel viruses, including one belonging to the same family as Covid, were found in labs across China\" width=\"634\" height=\"479\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"imageCaption\">Eight novel viruses, including one belonging to the same family as Covid, were found in labs across China<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-af0503a2323fea36\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/73848685-12693441-Between_2015_and_2023_at_least_seven_US_entities_supplied_NIH_gr-a-5_1698767281683.jpg\" alt=\"Between 2015 and 2023, at least seven US entities supplied NIH grant money to labs in China performing animal experiments, totaling $3,306,061\" width=\"634\" height=\"565\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Between 2015 and 2023, at least seven US entities supplied NIH grant money to labs in China performing animal experiments, totaling $3,306,061<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The\u00a0<a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6316779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; SARS-Like Coronavirus WIV1-CoV Does Not Replicate in Egyptian Fruit Bats &#8211; was published in the journal Viruses in 2018. The study was first flagged by DRASTIC, a group of internet activists who investigate the origins of Covid-19 and the lab leak theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The group White Coat Waste Project is now using the Freedom of Information Act to request more details about the experiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The White Coat Waste Project is a watchdog that has been fighting to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12357955\/American-tax-dollars-perform-animal-experiments-foreign-labs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">stop sending American tax dollars overseas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to fund dangerous virus research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 2018 experiment was carried out at the NIH&#8217;s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-cbd84920-7820-11ee-b58e-9965b6fdbf36\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/montana\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana<\/a><\/span>, which was overseen by Fauci, the former director of National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The research was a joint venture between the NIH&#8217;s Rocky Mountain Laboratories and\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-2844d5f0-780a-11ee-9746-e14caf2175c5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/wuhan\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Wuhan<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Institute of Virology collaborator Ralph Baric of the University of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-2844d5f1-780a-11ee-9746-e14caf2175c5\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/north-carolina\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Scientists obtained 12 Egyptian fruit bats from a Maryland zoo and inoculated them with the WIV1-coronavirus, which was first detected in\u00a0Chinese rufous horseshoe bats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They performed exams on the animals daily and measured things like body weight and temperature. Scientists also took samples from the bats&#8217; noses and throats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On days three, seven and 28, four of the bats were euthanized and their heart, liver, kidney, spleen, bladder, reproductive organs, eyes and brain were collected for analysis. Scientists also analyzed white blood cell count and antibodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Researchers determined the WIV1-coronavirus did not cause &#8216;a robust infection&#8217; and &#8216;observed very limited evidence of virus replication.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bats had been sent from a &#8216;roadside&#8217; Maryland zoo to the Montana facility allegedly by the zoo&#8217;s curator and director of animal health, who had previously worked at the in-house animal testing labs at the NIH from 2003 to 2012, the WCW said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Located in Thurmont, Maryland, less than 15 minutes from Camp David, the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve (CWP) has a history of animal welfare violations and was fined $12,000 in 2012 for poor and dangerous animal housing and inadequate animal care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Records show the preserve confined 523 federally-regulated animals as of April 2023, including 241 bats, of which 41 were Egyptian fruit bats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7ab808d2e5ff7fad\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/21\/77243191-12693441-image-a-4_1698787708387.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of bats confined at the Maryland zoo that shipped the animals to an NIH lab for coronavirus experiments obtained by the White Coat Waste Project\" width=\"634\" height=\"285\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"imageCaption\">Photos of bats confined at the Maryland zoo that shipped the animals to an NIH lab for coronavirus experiments obtained by the White Coat Waste Project<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6de4378001ca733d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/73847143-12693441-image-a-1_1698767281281.jpg\" alt=\"The virus strain was obtained from the Wuhan lab experts believe caused the Covid-19 pandemic\" width=\"634\" height=\"422\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"imageCaption\">The virus strain was obtained from the Wuhan lab experts believe caused the Covid-19 pandemic<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-149499a8f499b34f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/63048515-12693441-Shi_Zhengli_dubbed_the_Bat_Lady_or_Bat_Woman_for_her_work_on_bat-a-3_1698767281596.jpg\" alt=\"Shi Zhengli - dubbed the 'Bat Lady' or 'Bat Woman' for her work on bat coronaviruses - investigated the possibility Covid could have emerged from her lab back in 2020, according to colleagues\" width=\"634\" height=\"399\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"imageCaption\">Shi Zhengli &#8211; dubbed the &#8216;Bat Lady&#8217; or &#8216;Bat Woman&#8217; for her work on bat coronaviruses &#8211; investigated the possibility Covid could have emerged from her lab back in 2020, according to colleagues<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A visitor left a review last month: &#8216;How is this place even legal?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I left heart broken and sad. The enclosures are so small and not well kept.\u00a0This place is so unkept. It\u2019s awful. It needs to be shut down. You can see the pain in these animals eyes. Something has to be done about this place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This is not a preserve. It\u2019s a place where animals are sent to suffer and be on display for humans. Disgusting.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite the lack of transmission in the bats in 2018, similar dangerous research on viruses that could spark another pandemic have been ongoing across the globe for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And while there is debate over whether the pandemic began because\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12566725\/Pangolins-believed-Covid-middleman-humans.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">a virus jumped from animals to humans<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or it was leaked from a lab in China, the lab-leak theory is what the\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-cbd58a00-7820-11ee-b58e-9965b6fdbf36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/fbi\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and other government agencies now subscribe to.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-fea15d30-7832-11ee-ab06-0da18447123e\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS health\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12693441\/fauci-nih-infected-bats-camp-david-coronavirus.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12063781\/Scientist-center-lab-leak-theory-says-rule-out.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">EXCLUSIVE: Virologist who funded Wuhan experiments admits lab leak is possible for first time \u2014 after years of squashing probes into Covid origins<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f81d26b2912398f8\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/17\/60756495-12491751-image-a-10_1694105619876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"281\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A scientist at the center of the Covid lab leak theory has admitted he cannot rule out the possibility the virus escaped a Chinese research facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most recently,\u00a0<span class=\"skimlinks-unlinked\">DailyMail.com<\/span>\u00a0revealed last week\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12665249\/Chinas-discovered-EIGHT-never-seen-viruses-plan-experiment-them.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese virus hunters have been tinkering<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with novel pathogens that have a &#8216;high probability&#8217; of infecting humans, despite concerns similar experiments led to the Covid outbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"skimlinks-unlinked\">DailyMail.com<\/span>\u00a0also reported in August that millions of\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12357955\/American-tax-dollars-perform-animal-experiments-foreign-labs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">US taxpayer dollars are being sent to shady laboratories<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in China to fund cruel and dangerous experiments on animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite the shipment of funds across the world,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12531669\/First-global-study-reveals-countries-perform-gain-function-experiments-number-one-shock-you.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">America actually performs the most<\/a><\/span>\u00a0gain-of-function virus research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gain-of-function experiments involve making pathogens more infectious or deadly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Advocates say the tests help science get ahead of future outbreaks, but critics say the risks of a leak outweigh any potential benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">These fears prompted US officials to quietly shut down a taxpayer-funded $125million project last month that\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12491751\/USAID-125million-project-pandemic.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">hunted for new viruses<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The program, DEEP VZN &#8211; pronounced deep vision &#8211; was launched in October 2021 with the aim of finding and studying novel pathogens in wildlife in Asia, Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the research was meant to prevent human outbreaks and pandemics, critics, including Biden administration officials, were afraid it would do the opposite and voiced their fears about the potentially &#8216;catastrophic risks&#8217; of virus hunting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a statement from the president and founder of WCW, Anthony Bellotti said: &#8216;Our investigation has uncovered the real-life horror story of how a shady roadside zoo whose curator was an NIH animal experimenter shipped off bats to a deadly government virus lab overseen by Dr. Fauci to be infected with a coronavirus obtained directly from the Wuhan lab that experts believe caused COVID.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12693441\/fauci-nih-infected-bats-camp-david-coronavirus.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12693441\/fauci-nih-infected-bats-camp-david-coronavirus.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}