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Wuhan Institute of Virology Defunded: HHS Says WIV 'Not Presently Responsible'

By Eric Bolling Staff

(Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

According to a Newsmax report, the Biden Administration has finally officially suspended all funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China —a location many believe was the birthplace of COVID-19.

A memo has leaked detailing the HHS Department’s WIV review.

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HHS’s deputy assistant secretary for acquisition concludes that the Wuhan Institute’s “disregard of the NIH’s requests” and the NIH’s conclusion that the institute’s research likely violated biosafety protocols present a risk that the institute “not only previously violated, but is currently violating, and will continue to violate, protocols of the NIH on biosafety.”

“Therefore, I have determined that the immediate suspension of WIV is necessary to mitigate any potential public health risk,” the official, whose name is redacted, writes in the memo.

“This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.”

Newsmax reports the “White Coat Waste Project, an organization that has exposed the NIH and former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci concerning funding for experiments at the Wuhan animal lab, on Wednesday hailed the Biden Administration’s announcement.”

“We’re thrilled that following our campaign and historic investigations first exposing Fauci’s funding for dangerous gain-of-function experiments at the Wuhan animal lab and their direct link to COVID’s likely Patient Zero, the Biden administration has finally suspended all taxpayer funding to the infamous animal testing lab that likely caused COVID and proposed blacklisting it forever,” Justin Goodman, a senior vice president for the organization said in a statement. “This long overdue decision is a decisive victory in the war on waste.”



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