Friday, July 7, 2023

Interior Department included Wuhan lab funder on early COVID pandemic research team

  • Officials at the U.S. nonprofit that passed taxpayer money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology – whose coronavirus bat research is now suspected by the FBI to be the source of the pandemic – helped the Interior Department research possible transmission of COVID-19 between humans and North American bats, according to newly released government memos.

  • “The real reason this has become so divisive is because it’s being used politically.

  • Scientists disagree over an issue where there’s no definitive proof.

  • Participants identified as "senior personnel" include EcoHealth VP of Research Kevin Olival, whose "team" description says he'll "provide mentorship and access to networks" and serve as "organizational backstop" for Ross.

  • Its National Wildlife Health Center "just completed an experimental challenge study in which big brown bats were experimentally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 to determine if they could become infected and shed the virus," the summary says.

  • USGS spokesperson Rachel Pawlitz did not provide a response to PPT's claims when asked by Just the News, but rather emphasized the report that emerged from its work with EcoHealth was an "interim, rapid-risk assessment done early in the pandemic to understand potential risks of COVID transmission to North American bat populations."

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/interior-department-included-wuhan-lab-funder-early-covid-pandemic 

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