Dr. Ralph Baric of UNC likely designed the bug. Obama called for a moratorium on gain-of-function research, so Baric and Fauci moved the bug offshore to Wuhan and funded continuing research with NIH dough.
Old news from spring of 2020:
https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backe ... ch-1500741
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Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research
By Fred Guterl On
4/28/2020 at 2:57 PM EDT
Dr. Anthony Fauci is an adviser to President Donald Trump and something of an American folk hero for his steady, calm leadership during the pandemic crisis. At least one poll shows that Americans trust Fauci more than Trump on the coronavirus pandemic—and few scientists are portrayed on TV by Brad Pitt.
But just last year, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the organization led by Dr. Fauci, funded scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other institutions for work on gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses.
In 2019, with the backing of NIAID, the National Institutes of Health committed $3.7 million over six years for research that included some gain-of-function work. The program followed another $3.7 million, 5-year project for collecting and studying bat coronaviruses, which ended in 2019, bringing the total to $7.4 million.
Many scientists have criticized gain of function research, which involves manipulating viruses in the lab to explore their potential for infecting humans, because it creates a risk of starting a pandemic from accidental release.
A decade ago, during a controversy over gain-of-function research on bird-flu viruses, Dr. Fauci played an important role in promoting the work. He argued that the research was worth the risk it entailed because it enables scientists to make preparations, such as investigating possible anti-viral medications, that could be useful if and when a pandemic occurred.
The work in question was a type of gain-of-function research that involved taking wild viruses and passing them through live animals until they mutate into a form that could pose a pandemic threat. Scientists used it to take a virus that was poorly transmitted among humans and make it into one that was highly transmissible—a hallmark of a pandemic virus. This work was done by infecting a series of ferrets, allowing the virus to mutate until a ferret that hadn't been deliberately infected contracted the disease.
The work entailed risks that worried even seasoned researchers. More than 200 scientists called for the work to be halted. The problem, they said, is that it increased the likelihood that a pandemic would occur through a laboratory accident.
Dr. Fauci defended the work....."
Much more:
Should we be calling it the Wuhan Flu, CCP flu, Carolina Flu or the Fauci Flu?
https://youtu.be/HtlM9jBQruU
https://youtu.be/32V-e7saq60
https://youtu.be/qFlqXPl_hZQ
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Covid-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey"
https://www.wearetheprey.com
Excerpt: Page 59
"Working together, Dr. Baric and a large team of Chinese have developed a SARS-CoV virus that is
probably the deadliest we have documented. It causes an inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) that kills Franken-mice who have implanted human receptors for the virus."