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2021-12-27 14:07:39 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 29B5388F28594DBB3074AFB3518B0C943510E26531D0615E291ED51F3608D2AE
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Original Note:
NIH policy stipulated, and still does, that federal funds cannot be used by the NIH or its contractors to fund gain-of-function research. https://www.scribd.com/document/523718679/Understanding-Risk-Bat-Coronavirus-Emergence-Grant-Notice (Page 189) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-15-011.html There is no evidence the virus was engineered by humans, and the source of the virus is still unknown. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-the-facts-and-gaps-on-the-origin-of-the-coronavirus/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/report-resurrects-baseless-claim-that-coronavirus-was-bioengineered/
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