{"id":1977193,"date":"2023-07-19T10:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-government-suspends-funding-to-wuhan-laboratory-over-risky-experiments\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:58:16","slug":"us-government-suspends-funding-to-wuhan-laboratory-over-risky-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-government-suspends-funding-to-wuhan-laboratory-over-risky-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"US halts funding to Wuhan lab due to risky experiments."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-government-suspends-funding-to-wuhan-laboratory-over-risky-experiments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div \u200bclass=\"post_content\">\n \u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>US Suspends Funding to Wuhan Lab Amid COVID-19 \u200cControversy<\/h2>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>In \u200da \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-defends-mara-gays-disturbing-american-flags-statement-social-media-pounds-them\/\" title=\"NYT Defends Mara Gay\u2019s \u2018Disturbing\u2019 American Flags Statement. Social Media Pounds Them.\">bold move<\/a>, President Joe Biden\u2019s administration\u2064 has decided to suspend \u200cfunding to the Wuhan \u2063Institute \u200cof \u2062Virology \u200c(WIV) \u200bin\u2062 China, the \u200dvery\u200c same \u2063lab where COVID-19 cases were \u2064first \u200cidentified. This decision comes after a memorandum from \u2064the US Department of Health and Human Services\u200c (HHS) \u200ddated July \u200d17.<\/p>\n<p>Over the \u200cyears, the WIV has received more than $1.4\u200c million\u200c in US \u2063funds for \u200ctesting under the \u200cproject &#8220;Understanding the\u200c Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.&#8221; Shockingly, some of these \u200cexperiments involved making a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-hilton-report-dr-anthony-fauci-is-directly-responsible-with-funding-the-gain-of-function-studies-that-resulted-in-coronavirus-pandemic-video\/\" title=\"Steve Hilton Report: Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Directly Responsible with Funding the Gain-of-Function Studies that Resulted in Coronavirus Pandemic (VIDEO)\">bat coronavirus<\/a> more infectious, \u2062which\u2064 clearly violated \u200dthe\u200b terms of the \u200dgrant.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being \u200cgiven opportunities to\u200d contest these\u200b findings,\u2063 the WIV has failed to do\u2062 so, leaving the conclusion undisputed. \u2064As a\u2063 result, the HHS \u2063official\u2064 has\u2064 determined that \u2062the immediate suspension of WIV \u200dis \u200dnecessary to \u200bmitigate any potential public\u200c health risk.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<h3>Temporary\u200b Suspension and Potential Debarment<\/h3>\n<p>\u2064 \u200b <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note \u2064that \u200dsuspensions \u200dare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-will-label-all-posts-about-coronavirus-vaccine-promote-authoritative-information\/\" title=\"Facebook Will Label All Posts About Coronavirus Vaccine, Promote \u2018Authoritative Information\u2019\">temporary measures<\/a>, while debarments can\u200c last for a\u2064 longer period of \u200ctime. The\u2064 HHS \u200dis \u200bcurrently taking \u2063steps towards potentially debarring\u200c the\u200d WIV\u200b and cutting off its\u2064 access to US funding.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have been pushing\u2062 for\u2063 permanent measures to bar\u200b US funding to \u200cthe\u2064 WIV, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-government-suspends-funding-to-wuhan-laboratory-over-risky-experiments\/\" title=\"US halts funding to Wuhan lab due to risky experiments.\">citing\u200d risky research conducted<\/a>\u2062 at the institute and the belief of some intelligence \u200dofficials that COVID-19 originated there. However, \u200dthese bills have yet to \u200dclear Congress.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Response and \u200bFuture Actions<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2063 decision \u200dto suspend \u200bfunding\u2062 to \u200dthe WIV\u2063 has been met with mixed reactions. Some \u2064lawmakers have criticized \u200dthe Biden administration \u200cfor taking\u200d too long to make\u200b this decision,\u2064 while others believe it\u200b is a necessary step to \u200daddress the\u2063 evidence and facts surrounding the\u200c institute.<\/p>\n<p>As the WIV \u2063receives\u200b a\u2062 notice of proposed debarment, it \u200dwill have \u2063the opportunity to protest the proposal. The final \u200cdecision \u200bwill be made by the HHS suspension\u2064 and debarment \u200cofficial after reviewing the response.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 both suspensions\u2062 and debarments \u2064restrict\u200b government agencies from providing further \u200bfunding to the\u2064 WIV, it \u2062is \u200cpossible that\u2064 a different \u2064agency could\u2063 still choose \u2062to fund \u2062the \u2063institute despite the \u200dHHS \u2064action.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, US officials \u200binformed EcoHealth, the organization funding\u2064 the\u2063 WIV,\u200d about additional \u2063provisions added to\u2062 the grant. These requirements&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has halted funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, where the initial COVID-19 cases were detected. 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