“It is hard to overemphasize that the central logic of this grant was to test the pandemic potential of SARS-related bat coronaviruses by making ones with pandemic potential, either through genetic engineering or passaging, or both,” Drs. Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson wrote in June.
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https://www.wnd.com/2021/04/nih-review-never-done-u-s-money-sent-wuhan-bat-lab/