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2021-09-08 02:40:24 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Sen. Paul and Dr. Fauci have provided no NIH policy evidence on how intermediaries and subcontractors do or do not violate "gain of function" grant policies. The NIH did not directly send funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology specifically because of "gain of function". https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/the-wuhan-lab-and-the-gain-of-function-disagreement/ https://healthfeedback.org/what-is-known-about-the-claims-that-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-conducted-research-to-bioengineer-bat-coronaviruses/

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• Sen. Paul and Dr. Fauci have provided no NIH policy evidence on how intermediaries and subcontractors do or do not violate "gain of function" grant policies. The NIH did not directly send funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology specifically because of "gain of function". https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/the-wuhan-lab-and-the-gain-of-function-disagreement/ https://healthfeedback.org/what-is-known-about-the-claims-that-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-conducted-research-to-bioengineer-bat-coronaviruses/