{"id":2271834,"date":"2024-06-19T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientist-who-pushed-to-discredit-lab-leak-theory-received-millions-in-nih-grants\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:27:53","slug":"scientist-who-pushed-to-discredit-lab-leak-theory-received-millions-in-nih-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientist-who-pushed-to-discredit-lab-leak-theory-received-millions-in-nih-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist Who Opposed Lab Leak Theory Secured Millions in NIH Funding"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fscientist-who-pushed-to-discredit-lab-leak-theory-received-millions-in-nih-grants%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=2271834&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--><p>During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Senators questioned Robert Garry, a scientist who co-authored an\u2063 article discrediting the Covid-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-responds-to-ex-cdc-chiefs-belief-that-pandemic-started-in-lab-this-was-never-a-conspiracy-theory\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton Responds To Ex-CDC Chief\u2019s Belief That Pandemic Started In Lab: \u2018This Was Never A Conspiracy Theory\u2019\">lab leak theory<\/a>, \u200dabout the millions in grants he \u2063received from the National Institutes of Health\u2062 (NIH).\u200c Garry, a professor at Tulane Medical School, and his co-author Kristian Andersen, who\u2062 is a professor at Scripps Research, were accused of\u2064 trying to disprove any lab-origin\u2063 theories for the virus. Senator Ron Johnson highlighted\u2063 that Garry and Andersen received about $25.2 million in NIH grants between 2020 and 2022. Richard H. Ebright,\u200b another expert present, criticized Garry for\u200d potentially misleading scientific claims, stating such actions constituted severe scientific misconduct. Garry defended his actions by saying his conclusions were based on the scientific\u200b evidence available at the time and denied misleading \u200bintentions.\u2062 Senator Josh Hawley\u200c criticized the\u200b paper \u200bfor contributing to ridiculing and harming \u200dthose \u2064who considered the lab leak theory, \u200dquestioning if Garry regretted his involvement in what \u200bhe termed a\u2063 &#8220;propaganda\u2064 effort.&#8221;\u200d Garry maintained that his \u2064paper was merely a\u200b scientific opinion on the virus&#8217;s origins.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Senators grilled a scientist involved in efforts to discredit the Covid-19 lab leak theory for receiving millions in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing this week.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Garry, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences at Tulane Medical School, co-authored an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-020-0820-9#Sec8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> in 2020 that was cited thousands of times in research articles and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/06\/18\/josh-hawley-confronts-scientist-engaging-propaganda-effort-cast-doubt-covid-19-lab-leak-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news outlets<\/a> to shut down and censor proponents of the so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-biden-officials-now-say-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory-as-possible-as-it-occurring-naturally\/\" title=\"Senior Biden Officials Now Say Coronavirus Lab Leak Theory As Possible As It Occurring Naturally\">-called lab leak theory<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1806297132\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5cb07b0eac5e13ab0b62800ec385cd32 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5cb07b0eac5e13ab0b62800ec385cd32\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere is no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-reveals-state-department-assessed-in-early-2020-that-lab-leak-was-most-likely-origin-of-covid\/\" title=\"Memo Reveals State Department Assessed in Early 2020 That Lab Leak Was Most Likely Origin of COVID\">lab leak scenario<\/a> that can accommodate all the available scientific evidence,\u201d Garry stated in the article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-020-0820-9#Sec8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature Medicine<\/a>. Co-author Kristian Andersen, professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/07\/11\/newly-released-docs-scientists-seemingly-admit-covid-origins-paper-cover-china-play-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote in a February 2020 email<\/a> that they were \u201cfocused on disproving any type of lab theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., pressed Garry, asking, \u201cHow much have you received from government grants in your career?\u201d Garry claimed he did not know. \u201cI have information that between you and Dr. Kristian Andersen between 2020 and 2022 you received $25.2 million in grants from the NIH,\u201d Johnson continued. Garry admitted \u201cthat\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard H. Ebright, another witness at the hearing and Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University, accused Garry of scientific misconduct. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe misconduct of highest importance was stating conclusions the authors knew at the time were untrue,\u201d said Ebright. \u201cThis is the most egregious form of scientific misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-76cbeadb4c5beb3884cbffbc337d1116 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-76cbeadb4c5beb3884cbffbc337d1116\"><\/div>\n<p>Garry said he did not intend to mislead people and was simply using the scientific evidence to form his conclusions at the time. Because of the paper, however, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said innocent people were ridiculed for raising questions, often at great professional detriment.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley asked, \u201cDo you regret being part of this propaganda effort?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was simply writing a paper about our scientific opinions about where this virus came from,\u201d Garry said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"eTXxtGSUhVw8AyWmEagqCQMKniBz6ObZ9Yv2rFIH4J5DudPLRjk7ps\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scientists who were part of Biden\u2019s COVID propaganda cabal keep trying to deflect blame for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the truth: Biden used their propaganda papers to censor scientists &#038; anyone else who said COVID came from a lab. Sickening abuse of power <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfY8cOaDS8\">pic.twitter.com\/mfY8cOaDS8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1803097355857629484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why the American public does not trust scientists and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-dodges-question-on-teachers-safely-returning-back-to-schools\/\" title=\"Harris dodges question on teachers safely returning back to schools\">federal health agencies<\/a> is because of people like you,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cYou violated the public\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a87e49afc2abbaa0899b8ea14199d788 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a87e49afc2abbaa0899b8ea14199d788\"><\/div>\n<p>Throughout his career, Garry has received approximately $60 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/artificial-intelligence-is-mostly-just-a-left-wing-narrative-device\/\" title=\"AI is a left-wing narrative tool.\">government research funding<\/a> and owns a vaccine company, which Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., argued represents a \u201cconflict of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the pandemic, the lab leak theory has been a controversial topic in Washington, largely due to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/12\/highly-credible-whistleblower-cia-offered-six-analysts-hush-money-to-shut-them-up-about-covid-lab-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government agencies<\/a> and academic figures coordinating to suppress evidence suggesting the virus was a product of Chinese experimentation, potentially funded by US tax dollars, and not a natural phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-64806903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/28\/1160157977\/u-s-dept-of-energy-says-with-low-confidence-that-covid-may-have-leaked-from-a-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Department<\/a> have since stated there is strong evidence supporting the plausibility of the lab leak theory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ce3b86d0241a2a46617cca64f267cb1 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ce3b86d0241a2a46617cca64f267cb1\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Senators questioned scientist Robert Garry about receiving millions in NIH grants while working to debunk the Covid-19 lab leak theory. Garry, a Tulane Medical School Professor and Associate Dean, co-authored a 2020 article on the topic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3178,"featured_media":2271835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-19-at-2.10.22%E2%80%AFPM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-19-at-2.10.22%E2%80%AFPM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}