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Wuhan Institute of Virology (view source)
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'''Wuhan Institute of Virology''' is a laboratory in [[Wuhan, China]] to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under control of the [[CCP Discipline Inspection Commission]]. The lab is near the site where the [[Communist Party of China]] claims the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in December 2019.
'''Wuhan Institute of Virology''' ('''WIV''') is a laboratory in [[Wuhan, China]] to study viruses administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under control of the [[CCP Discipline Inspection Commission]]. The lab is near the site where the [[Communist Party of China]] claims the [[Wuhan virus]] was first detected in December 2019.
The lab was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory. It has received a total of $7.4 million in grants from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a U.S. agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci.<ref>Tacopino, Joe, "[https://nypost.com/2020/04/29/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan-lab-studying-coronavirus/ Dr. Fauci backed funding for controversial Wuhan lab studying origin of coronavirus]", ''New York Post'', April 29, 2020.</ref> In 2015, the lab was upgraded to biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) with the help of French engineers. It is first such lab in China. SARS escaped from a [[Beijing]] lab twice in 2004 and the upgrade was intended to address this problem.<ref>"[https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/sars-escaped-beijing-lab-twice-50137 SARS escaped Beijing lab twice]"</ref> In January 2018 U.S. embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including [[coronavirus]]es from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" [[U.S. State Department]] cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-officials-sounded-alarm-about-wuhan-lab-years-before-coronavirus-outbreak</ref>
The lab was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory. It has received a total of $7.4 million in grants from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a U.S. agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci.<ref>Tacopino, Joe, "[https://nypost.com/2020/04/29/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan-lab-studying-coronavirus/ Dr. Fauci backed funding for controversial Wuhan lab studying origin of coronavirus]", ''New York Post'', April 29, 2020.</ref> In 2015, the lab was upgraded to biosafety level 4 (BSL–4) with the help of French engineers. It is first such lab in China. SARS escaped from a [[Beijing]] lab twice in 2004 and the upgrade was intended to address this problem.<ref>"[https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/sars-escaped-beijing-lab-twice-50137 SARS escaped Beijing lab twice]"</ref> In January 2018 U.S. embassy officials in Beijing warned about safety risks at the Wuhan lab researching infectious diseases, including [[coronavirus]]es from bats. One of two "Sensitive but Unclassified" [[U.S. State Department]] cables warned about biosecurity and management problems at the lab.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-officials-sounded-alarm-about-wuhan-lab-years-before-coronavirus-outbreak</ref>
In July 2016, the Wuhan Institute of Virology held a ground-breaking ceremony for a comprehensive experimental research base of virology and biosafety.
In July 2016, the Wuhan Institute of Virology held a ground-breaking ceremony for a comprehensive experimental research base of virology and biosafety.
In January 2018, Wuhan National Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL-4 Laboratory) passed the national standard.
In January 2018, Wuhan National Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory (BSL-4 Laboratory) passed the national standard.
==State Department Fact Sheet==
A [[U.S. State Department]] Fact Sheet issued in January 2021 stated:
{{Quotebox|1. Illnesses inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV):
The [[U.S. government]] has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both [[COVID-19]] and common seasonal illnesses. This raises questions about the credibility of WIV senior researcher [[Shi Zhengli]]’s public claim that there was “zero infection” among the WIV’s staff and students of SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-related viruses.
Accidental infections in labs have caused several previous virus outbreaks in China and elsewhere, including a 2004 SARS outbreak in [[Beijing]] that infected nine people, killing one.
The [[CCP]] has prevented independent [[journalist]]s, investigators, and global health authorities from interviewing researchers at the WIV, including those who were ill in the fall of 2019. Any credible inquiry into the origin of the virus must include interviews with these researchers and a full accounting of their previously unreported illness.<ref>https://www.state.gov/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology/</ref>}}
The State Department also observed that — at least since 2016 — the WIV had been involved with researching bat coronavirus that is 96.2% similar to the SARS-CoV-2, the Wuhan coronavirus. WIV senior researcher Shi Zhengli had previously said that the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 didn’t match.
Moreover, the State Department says the WIV hasn’t been transparent about their studies and said a full accounting was needed for why the WIV altered and removed their records about the bat coronavirus and other viruses.
The State Department also observes that the WIV has conducted “secret projects with China’s military” and did “classified research, including laboratory animal experiments, on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.”<ref>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/01/17/311302-n311302</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Technocracy]]
*[[Technocracy]]
==References==
==References==