Despite, by the NIH’s own admission, violating the terms of its previous contract, EcoHealth Alliance has been awarded an additional $2.9 million contract to do more of the same type of coronavirus research that is widely believed by many, including the U.S. government, to be the catalyst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NIH corrects untruthful assertions by NIH Director Collins and NIAID Director Fauci that NIH had not funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan.
NIH states that EcoHealth Alliance violated Terms and Conditions of NIH grant AI110964. pic.twitter.com/cFOtJlRoWl
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) October 20, 2021
Via Nature (emphasis added):
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a grant to a highly scrutinized research organization that studies bat coronaviruses — but the agency has placed several stipulations on the scope of the research and on the organization’s accounting practices.
