Bombshell report: U.S government knew Wuhan lab leak was responsible for Covid, but deliberately downplayed it
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and EcoHealth Alliance. This effort aimed to collect and study 500,000 unknown viruses with the potential to infect humans, costing an estimated $3 billion. The project, co-led by EcoHealth's Peter Daszak and Wuhan’s Shi Zhengli, proceeded despite biosafety concerns and warnings about national security risks. New documents obtained by US Right to Know (USRTK) highlight these concerns just months before the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Global Virome Project aimed to identify and experiment with 99% of undiscovered viruses that could jump from animals to humans. Supported by USAID and the US State Department from 2016 to 2019, the project also involved China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), a company later blacklisted by the Pentagon. The initiative faced scrutiny over transparency, data ownership, and potential national security threats, as the US and Chinese governments were warned about each other’s involvement.
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The project’s activities included experiments to determine whether viruses posed a threat to humans, raising concerns over “gain of function” research. This controversial method involves engineering viruses to make them more transmissible or dangerous. In 2018, a related proposal, DEFUSE, was rejected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) due to safety concerns. However, questions remain about whether similar research received
