Changes

According to ''[[Politico]]'' a [[Pentagon]] spokesman said “In its natural state, the current virus could be used as a bioweapon by less sophisticated groups. For a [[nation-state]] with a more advanced biological weapons program, this virus could be given enhanced characteristics."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/23/coronavirus-bioweapon-threat-205192</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/04/24/us-defense-officials-eyeing-threat-of-covid-19-as-bioweapon/</ref>  The CCP rejected Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]]'s request for inspectors to visit the lab.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-rejects-pompeos-request-for-access-to-wuhan-lab</ref>

According to ''[[Politico]]'' a [[Pentagon]] spokesman said “In its natural state, the current virus could be used as a bioweapon by less sophisticated groups. For a [[nation-state]] with a more advanced biological weapons program, this virus could be given enhanced characteristics."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/23/coronavirus-bioweapon-threat-205192</ref><ref>https://nypost.com/2020/04/24/us-defense-officials-eyeing-threat-of-covid-19-as-bioweapon/</ref>  The CCP rejected Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]]'s request for inspectors to visit the lab.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-rejects-pompeos-request-for-access-to-wuhan-lab</ref>

====NIAID funding====

====NIAID funding====

From 2014 to 2019, $826,277 was given to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for bat coronavirus research by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which was headed by [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]].<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-hhs-niaid-wuhan-june-2021-00692-pgs-74-75/</ref>  In an April 15, 2020 email marked “high” importance, Principal Deputy Director of NIH Lawrence Tabak emailed Fauci, NIH Director Francis Collins, and other NIH officials with the subject line: “HEADS UP: Wuhan lab research.”  Tabak provides details of the grant to [[Peter Daszak]], president of EcoHealth Alliance, for a project titled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.” Tabak continues, saying, “The 3.7M dollar figure is over 6 years to all sites which include (several in) China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar. We estimate that approximately $826,300 has been spent at this site since the inception of the grant. Yearly costs appear to be about 80K/year. The grant is in year 6 of a total of 10 year.”<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-hhs-niaid-wuhan-june-2021-00692-pgs-3-4/</ref>

From 2014 to 2019, $826,277 was given to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for bat coronavirus research by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which was headed by [[Dr. Anthony Fauci]].<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-hhs-niaid-wuhan-june-2021-00692-pgs-74-75/</ref>  In an April 15, 2020 email marked “high” importance, Principal Deputy Director of NIH Lawrence Tabak emailed Fauci, NIH Director Francis Collins, and other NIH officials with the subject line: “HEADS UP: Wuhan lab research.”  Tabak provides details of the grant to [[Peter Daszak]], president of EcoHealth Alliance, for a project titled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.” Tabak continues, saying, “The 3.7M dollar figure is over 6 years to all sites which include (several in) China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar. We estimate that approximately $826,300 has been spent at this site since the inception of the grant. Yearly costs appear to be about 80K/year. The grant is in year 6 of a total of 10 year.”<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-hhs-niaid-wuhan-june-2021-00692-pgs-3-4/</ref>