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Does the US government fund the Wuhan Institute of Virology where dangerous pathogens are stored?

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the causative agent of the 2002–2003 SARS pandemic

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This study was approved by the Wuhan Institute of Virology

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This study was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (81290341) to ZLS; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (Award Number R01AI110964) to PD and ZLS, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project Grant (Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00102) to PD; and Singapore NRF-CRP Grant (NRF2012NRF-CRP001–056) and CD-PHRG Grant (CDPHRG/0006/2014) to LFW.
—Wang, N., Li, S., Yang, X. et al., Serological Evidence of Bat SARS-Related Coronavirus Infection in Humans, China
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-018-0012-7)

Did Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) fund the Wuhan lab via award R01AI110964?

UNDERSTANDING THE RISK OF BAT CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCE
Award Number: R01AI110964
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Grand Total All Awards = $3,748,715
—Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System, Award Information
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