According to several U. S. government officials. “The U. S. Department of Health and Drug Administration interviewed as part of a lengthy investigation through Public and Racket — the first other people infected with the virus — ‘zero patients’ — including Ben Hu, a researcher who led studies on the ‘gain of function’ of the SARS-like WIV. on, which increases the infectivity of viruses,” the article reads.
“Sources within the U. S. government. U. S. officials say 3 of the first other people to become inflamed with SARS-CoV-2 were Ben Hu, Yu Ping, and Yan Zhu. They were all members of the Wuhan lab suspected of filtering the pandemic virus,” he said. addendum. Adds.
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Workers’ security forces stand guard outdoors at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as World Health Organization (WHO) team members investigate the origins of the COVID-19 scale at the Chinese institute on Feb. 3, 2021. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
Gain-of-function studies conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in eastern China have been widely suspected to be pandemic.
“What they were doing at the Wuhan Institute of Virology by taking harmful and scary viruses and making them even scarier,” Jamie Metzl of the Atlantic Council told Fox News early last year.
Basically, the goal of gain-of-function studies is to make a virus more dangerous. Scientists say that with these studies, they might be ready to deal with it one day mutating naturally.
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The WHO team investigating the origins of COVID-19 arrives at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, in February 2021. (Hector Retamal/AFP Getty Images)
However, critics argue that if viruses evolve this way, it may take thousands of years, or it may never happen. Scientists study task gains for months without a practical purpose, such as using it to create their own resume.
But whatever the reason, today studies continue around the world, with little oversight and taxpayer funding.
The National Institutes of Health, which approves investment for those projects, said, “While such studies are inherently dangerous, the threat of conducting such studies and being ready for the next pandemic is also high. “
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The P4 laboratory, center, on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. (Hector Retamal/AFP Getty Images)
FBI Director Chris Wray told Fox News’ Bret Baier in March of this year that COVID-19 “probably” came from a Chinese lab.
“The FBI has assessed for some time that the origins of the pandemic are likely a possible laboratory incident in Wuhan,” Wray told Fox News. “Here talking about a possible leak from a laboratory controlled by the Chinese government. “
Fox News’ Benjamin Hall contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter for Fox News Digital.