On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 28 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Christi Grimm, acting inspector general of the U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HHS), demanding a “A “prompt and thorough investigation.
According to U.S. media reports, the NIH has awarded $3.7 million in research grants to the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance since 2015. At the Time, the Wuhan Institute of Virus was working on a bat-based coronavirus, and the EcoHealth Alliance was in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virus. As a result, some of the $3.7 million in U.S. government funding went to the institute.
The lawmakers asked Green to investigate the total amount of money NIH funded the Wuhan Institute of Virus through the EcoHealth Alliance. The lawmakers also want to know whether NIH officials communicated with the institute or U.S. sponsors at the time of the outbreak to quell controversy that the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19) may have been caused by a laboratory leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virus?
In their letter, the lawmakers accused NIH Director Francis Collins of “secretly funneling taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute for Virus Research” and “playing a significant role in helping it conduct dangerous virus experiments and promote false narratives, and for its role in the Chinese Communist virus ( COVID-19) pandemic with disdain for its potential role.”
The letter also criticizes Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, for opposing the U.S. government’s call for an investigation into whether the CCP virus originated in the Wuhan Virus Institute lab. The U.S. Department of Defense has also allocated funds to the Wuhan Virus Institute through its funding of the EcoHealth Alliance.
In their letter, the lawmakers said, “In light of all of this, we are gravely concerned about NIH’s relationship with the EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virus Research and the agency’s handling of allegations that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been caused by the Wuhan Institute of Virus Research laboratory, which is funded by NIH.”
Although lawmakers said the Wuhan Virus Institute is eligible for additional funding from NIH until 2024, White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed at a press briefing the same day that the Wuhan Virus Institute lab is not currently receiving any funding from U.S. taxpayers and no future funding will be funneled to the lab.
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