When will it fully come out that the US funded the research that led to Covid?
Recently released findings show U.S. government agencies sent over $28 million in taxpayers’ dollars “directly to Chinese entities” for joint research over a five-year period ending 2021.
From fiscal years 2015 through 2021, “the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], NIH [National Institutes of Health], and DOD [Department of Defense] provided 22 awards totaling $28.9 million directly to Chinese entities including universities and other research institutions,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on Sept. 29 following a trove of analyses.
Researchers found the federal funding focused on “multiple scientific disciplines,” aiding Chinese entities in conducting research on “ disease surveillance, vaccination studies, and the development of new drugs ,” as well as “alternative technologies to propel vehicles such as drones.”
The release of its 38-page report ( pdf ) follows a January request from House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They asked GAO to review federal funds provided to China or entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for collaborative research, and U.S. contributions to multilateral institutions.
Stefanik described such funding as “troubling.”