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2024-04-15 03:31:10 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is false. The 2018 research involved SARS, first discovered in 2003. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) was first discovered in 2019. The 2018 research proposal (DEFUSE) was never funded and the research was never performed https://assets.ctfassets.net/syq3snmxclc9/5OjsrkkXHfuHps6Lek1MO0/5e7a0d86d5d67e8d153555400d9dcd17/defuse-project-rejection-by-darpa.pdf https://www.mintpressnews.com/lab-leak-gain-function-media-myths-swirling-around-wuhan-institute/278555/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329048/
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