The paper drafted by WIV scientists, ''Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus'' by [[Zheng-Li Shi]] and others,<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006698#abstract0</ref> clearly states that the underlying research was funded by, among other entities, the National Institutes of Health. The NIH’s own database of grantees lists this research and confirms that over $660,000 was spent supporting it. | The paper drafted by WIV scientists, ''Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus'' by [[Zheng-Li Shi]] and others,<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006698#abstract0</ref> clearly states that the underlying research was funded by, among other entities, the National Institutes of Health. The NIH’s own database of grantees lists this research and confirms that over $660,000 was spent supporting it. |