On January 9, 2017, eleven days before Obama left office, the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy lifted a ban on funding [[gain-of-function]] research and weaponization of the bat [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight</ref> The research could make the bat coronavirus transmissible to humans.<ref>https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/documents/p3co-finalguidancestatement.pdf</ref> A research grant was eventually delivered to the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] in the [[Peoples Republic of China]] by [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]],<ref>https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research</ref> chief medical advisor to the president. | On January 9, 2017, eleven days before Obama left office, the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy lifted a ban on funding [[gain-of-function]] research and weaponization of the bat [[coronavirus]].<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight</ref> The research could make the bat coronavirus transmissible to humans.<ref>https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/documents/p3co-finalguidancestatement.pdf</ref> A research grant was eventually delivered to the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] in the [[Peoples Republic of China]] by [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]],<ref>https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research</ref> chief medical advisor to the president. |