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Fauci dumped millions into Chinese research institutions to since 2012
[TennesseeStar] The National Institutes of Health has doled out nearly $46 million in taxpayer funds to 100 Chinese institutions in the form of sub grants since the 2012 fiscal year to conduct research into infectious diseases, drug addiction, mental health and other scientific fields, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of federal spending data.The NIH’s ongoing funding of Chinese research institutions comes amid growing bipartisan concern in Washington D.C. over the fact that U.S. taxpayers support research in a country that has violated international health regulations, stonewalled a proper investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and that may be in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the NIH sub agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, provided $6.6 million in taxpayer-funded sub grants to 27 of the Chinese entities, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, to conduct research into allergies and infectious diseases, sub grant data pulled from USASpending.gov shows. One of the NIAID-funded sub grants, which involved the transfer of $428,000 to a Chinese government-owned institution in 2020 to conduct research into emerging mosquito and tick-based infections, states unequivocally that the U.S. will only receive the research, funded in part by U.S. taxpayers, upon approval by Chinese government authorities. "Following testing for common pathogens, and then, after approval by the relevant authorities of the Chinese government, a subset of samples will be sent to Washington University in St. Louis for further analysis," the sub grant description to the Chinese National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention reads. The NIH did not return a request for comment. Another NIAID-funded project provided $600,000 in sub grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to conduct research that involved the genetic modification of bat-based coronaviruses. A House Energy and Commerce Committee aide told the DCNF that their investigation shows that USA Spending sub award data is incomplete and underreported, meaning the NIH’s funding of Chinese institutions could be higher than available reporting currently shows. Fauci has defended his agency’s funding of the Wuhan lab amid growing concern that it could be linked to the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it would have been "negligent" for his agency not to do so. Report Continues Posted by: Clomong Guelph5967 2021-07-30 |
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