{"id":83226,"date":"2021-09-07T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=83226"},"modified":"2021-09-07T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T22:38:26","slug":"proof-of-perjury-fauci-needs-to-be-indicted-for-telling-bald-fced-lies-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=83226","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>PROOF OF PERJURY!<\/b> Fauci needs to be indicted for telling bald-fced lies before Congress<\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>When Dr. Anthony Fauci confidently screamed at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/rand-paul-accuses-dr-fauci-lying-about-nih-funding-illegal-gain-function-research\">in July<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>calling him a liar\u00a0<\/strong>for accusing him of funding so-called &#8220;Gain-of-Function&#8221; (GoF) research in Wuhan, China to make coronaviruses more transmissible to humans, the argument ultimately faded<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>due to Fauci&#8217;s unsupported claim that the research didn&#8217;t technically fit the definition of GoF.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/fauci%20paul.jpeg?itok=QQ2KB6M4\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/fauci%20paul.jpeg?itok=QQ2KB6M4\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/fauci%20paul.jpeg?itok=QQ2KB6M4\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c9f0281a-f08b-4a16-b1f6-4d474bea6910\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to materials (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21055989-understanding-risk-bat-coronavirus-emergence-grant-notice\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21055988-risk-zoonotic-virus-hotspots-grant-notice\">here<\/a>) released through\u00a0a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/09\/06\/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab\/\">The Intercept<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>against the National Institutes of Health (which were\u00a0<em>unredacted\u00a0<\/em><em>enough to toss Fauci under the bus<\/em>), we now know that\u00a0<strong>Fauci-funded EcoHealth Alliance,\u00a0<\/strong>a New York-based nonprofit\u00a0<strong>headed by Peter Daszak, was absolutely engaged in gain-of-function research to make chimeric SARS-based coronaviruses<\/strong>, which they confirmed\u00a0<strong>could infect human cells<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/chimeric.png?itok=fs1R4tVt\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/chimeric.png?itok=fs1R4tVt\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/chimeric.png?itok=fs1R4tVt\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"156\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"81c1e432-2ce9-4f1b-9d64-3b04e7673ae8\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/chimeric1.png?itok=0YeBz_-L\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/chimeric1.png?itok=0YeBz_-L\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/chimeric1.png?itok=0YeBz_-L\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fa684bf7-8e29-468f-8568-b8a3e1ce9338\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/fauci%20daszak_0.jpg?itok=0DkW_uZq\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a793b1a6-f336-43a6-9728-5069bb00c2cd\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Peter Daszak (left), Anthony Fauci<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While evidence of this research has been pointed to in published studies, the FOIA release provides a key piece to the puzzle which sheds new light on what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>This is a roadmap to the high-risk research that could have led to the current pandemic<\/strong>,&#8221; said Gary Ruskin, executive director of U.S. Right To Know, a group that has been investigating the origins of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/biohazards\/origin-of-sars-cov-2-gain-of-function-readings\/\">Covid-19<\/a>\u00a0(via\u00a0<em>The Intercept<\/em>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/daszak%20shi_0_4.jpg?itok=BYa18wZN\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"bc8c53af-0266-45eb-92c8-b5af657625ce\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Wuhan Institute of Virology Shi &#8216;Bat Lady&#8217; Zhengli toasts with Fauci-funded EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak (emerging viruses group photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And as Rutgers University Board of Governors Chemistry Professor Richard H. Ebright notes, &#8220;The documents make it clear that assertions by the NIH Director, Francis Collins, and the NIAID Director, Anthony Fauci, that the NIH did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen enhancement at WIV\u00a0<strong>are untruthful.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In short,\u00a0<strong>Fauci lied to Congress<\/strong>\u00a0when he denied funding Gain-of-Function (GoF) research.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1417501713087467526&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1417501713087467526\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ebright summarized\u00a0<em>The Intercept<\/em>&#8216;s reporting in a Monday night Twitter thread:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1435053506474377218&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435053506474377218\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Continued (emphasis ours):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;The trove of documents includes\u00a0<strong>two previously unpublished grant proposals that were funded by the NIAID<\/strong>, as well as project updates relating to the EcoHealth Alliance\u2019s research, which has been scrutinized amid increased interest in the origins of the pandemic.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The materials show that<em><u><strong>\u00a0the 2014 and 2019 NIH grants to EcoHealth with subcontracts to WIV funded gain-of-function research as defined in federal policies in effect in 2014-2017<\/strong><\/u><\/em>\u00a0and potential pandemic pathogen enhancement as defined in federal policies in effect in 2017-present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">(This had been evident previously from published research papers that credited the 2014 grant and from the publicly available summary of the 2019 grant. But this now can be stated definitively from progress reports of the 2014 grant and the full proposal of the 2017 grant.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The materials confirm\u00a0<strong>the grants supported the construction&#8211;in Wuhan&#8211;of novel chimeric SARS-related coronaviruses<\/strong>\u00a0that combined a spike gene from one coronavirus with genetic information from another coronavirus, and confirmed the resulting viruses could infect human cells.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/recombin.PNG?itok=Pb3k3PAI\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"181\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"9704c531-47fc-487a-8edf-db8442032d6e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>(Recombinant DNA includes molecules constructed outside of living cells by joining natural or synthetic DNA segments to DNA molecules that can replicate in a living cell, or molecules that result from their replication. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology\/recombinant-dna\">Science Direct<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The materials reveal that the resulting novel, laboratory-generated SARS-related coronaviruses also could infect mice engineered to display human receptors on cells (&#8220;humanized mice&#8221;).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The materials further reveal for the first time that one of the resulting novel, laboratory-generated SARS-related coronaviruses&#8211;one not been previously disclosed publicly&#8211;<strong>was more pathogenic to humanized mice than the starting virus from which it was constructed&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8230;and thus not only was reasonably anticipated to exhibit\u00a0<strong>enhanced pathogenicity<\/strong>, but, indeed,\u00a0<strong>was *demonstrated* to exhibit enhanced pathogenicity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The materials further reveal that the the grants also supported the construction&#8211;in Wuhan&#8211;of novel chimeric MERS-related coronaviruses<strong>\u00a0that combined spike genes from one MERS-related coronavirus with genetic information from another MERS-related coronavirus<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The documents make it clear that assertions by the NIH Director, Francis Collins, and the NIAID Director, Anthony Fauci, that the NIH did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen enhancement at WIV are untruthful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">When asked in the replies where to find specific evidence on GoF research, user @SnupSnus replied:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1435061681034612738&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435061681034612738\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1435078479222018048&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435078479222018048\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute, said the documents show that the EcoHealth Alliance has reason to take the lab leak theory seriously. \u201cIn this proposal, they actually point out that they know how risky this work is. They keep talking about people potentially getting bitten \u2014 and they kept records of everyone who got bitten,\u201d Chan said. \u201c<strong>Does EcoHealth have those records? And if not, how can they possibly rule out a research-related accident?<\/strong>\u201d -The Intercept<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to inquiries from\u00a0<em>The Intercept<\/em>, EcoHealth communications manager Robert Kessler replied: &#8220;We applied for grants to conduct research. The relevant agencies deemed that to be important research, and thus funded it. So I don\u2019t know that there\u2019s a whole lot to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned, things should get really interesting for Fauci and Daszak in the near future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1435083845263663104&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1435083845263663104\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>To review the history of EcoHealth, Fauci and Gain-of-Function research<\/strong>\u00a0which we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/covid-19-origins-be-found-within-few-years-according-wuhan-lab-affiliate-peter-daszak\">noted in March<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Peter Daszak, president of New York-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, received a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/projectreporter.nih.gov\/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9819304&amp;icde=49752569\">grant<\/a>\u00a0from Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and others to research how bat coronaviruses can &#8216;evolve and jump into the human population.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/cPFGX7t4KJE.jpg?itok=TozOHtu7\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"44f5a8bc-9e2c-4182-9adf-93aea8a85af3\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Peter Daszak,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/speakers\/show?id=6500\">president of EcoHealth Alliance<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The grant&#8217;s initial funding of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/projectreporter.nih.gov\/project_info_details.cfm?aid=8674931&amp;icde=49752569\">$666,442<\/a>\u00a0began in June 2014 with an end date of May 2019, and had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/jW22J\">paid annually<\/a>\u00a0to the tune of $3.7 million under the &#8220;<em>Understanding The Risk Of Bat Coronavirus Emergence<\/em>&#8221; project. Notably, the Obama administration cut funding for &#8220;gain-of-function&#8221; research in October, 2014, four months after Daszak&#8217;s contract began, while\u00a0<strong>the Wuhan Institute of Virology &#8220;had openly participated in gain-of-function research in partnership with U.S. universities and institutions&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0for years under the leadership of Dr. Shi &#8216;Batwoman&#8217; Zhengli, according to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/03\/08\/josh-rogin-chaos-under-heaven-wuhan-lab-book-excerpt-474322\">Washington Post<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<\/em>Josh Rogin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>One of the grants, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21055989-understanding-risk-bat-coronavirus-emergence-grant-notice\">Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence<\/a>,\u201d outlines an ambitious effort led by EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak to screen thousands of bat samples for novel coronaviruses. The research also involved screening people who work with live animals.\u00a0<strong>The documents contain several critical details about the research in Wuhan, including the fact that key experimental work with humanized mice was conducted at a biosafety level 3 lab at Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment \u2014 and not at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as was previously assumed<\/strong>. The documents raise additional questions about the theory that the pandemic may have begun in a lab accident, an idea that Daszak has called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-020-02473-4\">heinous<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The grant was initially awarded for a five-year period \u2014 from 2014 to 2019.\u00a0<strong>Funding was renewed in 2019 but suspended by the Trump administration in April 2020<\/strong>.<em>\u00a0-The Intercept<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After Rogin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/04\/14\/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses\/\">exposed diplomatic cables<\/a>\u00a0last April expressing grave concerns over safety at WIV, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/03\/08\/josh-rogin-chaos-under-heaven-wuhan-lab-book-excerpt-474322\">says<\/a>: &#8220;many of the scientists who spoke out to defend the lab were Shi\u2019s research partners and funders,<strong>\u00a0like the head of the global public health nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak; their research was tied to hers<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>if the Wuhan lab were implicated in the pandemic, they would have to answer a lot of tough questions.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In short, Daszak &#8211; who has insisted the &#8216;lab escape&#8217; theory is impossible, and that random natural origin via intermediary animal species is the only answer &#8211; has a\u00a0<strong>massive conflict of interest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1366108378007822336&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1366108378007822336\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1369683573662441472&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1369683573662441472\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1369753833560289282&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Fmassive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related&amp;sessionId=03ee8663f7d93d96e760a5a373cbb458870ba8b4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1369753833560289282\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Further reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/fauci-2012-gain-function-research-worth-risk-lab-accident-sparking-pandemic\">Fauci In 2012: Gain-Of-Function Research &#8216;Worth Risk Of Lab Accident Sparking Pandemic&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/fauci-funded-ecohealth-refuses-give-wuhan-documents-congress\">Fauci-Funded EcoHealth Refuses To Give Wuhan Documents To Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/ecohealth-alliance-orchestrated-key-scientists-statement-natural-origin-sars-cov-2\">&#8216;EcoHealth Alliance&#8217; Orchestrated Key Scientists&#8217; Statement On &#8220;Natural Origin&#8221; Of SARS-CoV-2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/video-live-bats-wuhan-lab-reveals-daszak-lied-now-deleted-tweet\">Video Of Live Bats In Wuhan Lab Reveals Daszak Lied In Now-Deleted Tweet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/sadly-it-starts-two-lies-peter-daszaks-latest-wuhan-screed-shredded\">&#8220;Sadly, It Starts With Two Lies&#8221;: Peter Daszak&#8217;s Latest Wuhan Screed Shredded<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/massive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/massive-foia-release-proves-fauci-funded-wuhan-research-construct-sars-related<\/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-83226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83226","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=83226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}