Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-14 22:16:59 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DED02447B6E5427B0E780F7ED69CBB4CBCEA6575BDF3F728311897471FC29442
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There are more than 3 documented incidents of viruses escaping from US labs in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity_incidents EcoHealth Alliance (NIH Grantee) awarded taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China to study bat coronaviruses. https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-slams-nih-for-continuing-to-award-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-ecohealth-alliance/ Obama did halt funding for Gain of Function https://www.science.org/content/article/us-halts-funding-new-risky-virus-studies-calls-voluntary-moratorium
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