{"id":2458042,"date":"2025-07-10T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/documents-usaid-sent-thousands-of-viral-samples-to-wuhan-lab-despite-shocking-lack-of-oversight\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:00:11","slug":"documents-usaid-sent-thousands-of-viral-samples-to-wuhan-lab-despite-shocking-lack-of-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/documents-usaid-sent-thousands-of-viral-samples-to-wuhan-lab-despite-shocking-lack-of-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents: USAID Sent Thousands of Viral Samples to Wuhan Lab, Despite Shocking Lack of Oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fdocuments-usaid-sent-thousands-of-viral-samples-to-wuhan-lab-despite-shocking-lack-of-oversight%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=2458042&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>Newly released documents reveal that the United States agency for International Progress (USAID) sent around 11,000 viral samples collected during a decade-long program to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, despite lacking formal agreements or safeguards. This program, called PREDICT and funded with $210 million, gathered viral samples globally, including from Yunnan Province-an area close to where relatives of the COVID-19 virus circulate. The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation, highlight concerns about the lack of long-term storage plans and precautions to prevent misuse or diversion of these samples for bioweapons.<\/p>\n<p>The involvement of virologists Ben Hu from the Wuhan lab and Peter Daszak, who was recently barred from federal funding due to pandemic-related controversies, is noted in overseeing these samples. Experts criticize the contract for not requiring that copies of the samples be secured by U.S. facilities, potentially placing global health at risk. Despite USAID funding aiding viral research in Wuhan, U.S. investigators still lack access to these materials in efforts to trace COVID-19&#8217;s origins.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations come amid broader criticism of USAID for alleged inefficiency,misuse of funds,and fostering anti-American sentiment. Officials assert that under the Trump governance, such controversial programs would no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-gov-pulls-plug-on-states-pbs-station-over-drag-queens-indoctrination\/\" title=\"OK Gov shuts down PBS station due to drag queens and &quot;indoctrination.&quot;\">longer receive funding<\/a>. The case underscores the dangers of poorly regulated international viral research and calls for stricter controls to prevent future global health threats.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New documents show that the United States Agency for International Development reportedly sent thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan, China, during the course of a decade-long program, despite no formal deal with the laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence was first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/07\/08\/exclusive-usaid-sent-viruses-ccp-linked-biolab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported on<\/a> by the Daily Caller News Foundation, based on internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The documents show how the USAID funded the &ldquo;exportation of 11,000 samples from Yunnan Province, where some of the closest relatives of the COVID-19 virus circulate, to Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, with no apparent plan for ensuring the samples were not misdirected to bioweapons and remained accessible to the U.S. government,&rdquo; the article read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A $210 million USAID public health program called PREDICT, steered by the University of California-Davis, collected viral samples in countries throughout the globe but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lacked long-term storage<\/a> when funding dried up, according to rudimentary plans in 2019,&rdquo; the story continued.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;lab&rdquo; referenced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P2-CHINA-Sample-Disposition_2-October-2019_FINAL-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a> refers to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, commonly alleged to be the origin point of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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a senior State Department official said in a statement to the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The official added, &ldquo;The American people can rest assured knowing that under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-administration-cites-constitution-kicks-jan-6-criminal-prosecutors-curb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>, we will not be funding these controversial programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes on the heels of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign to slash USAID funding and close the agency due to allegations of fraud, misuse, and potential nepotism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the agency in a statement earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/statedept.substack.com\/p\/making-foreign-aid-great-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown &hellip; countries that benefit the most from our generosity usually fail to reciprocate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The two supervising scientists in charge of the samples were Ben Hu, a virologist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and Peter Daszak, who in January was <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/breaking-hhs-formally-debars-ecohealth-alliance-dr-peter-daszak-after-covid-select-reveals-pandemic-era-wrongdoing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barred from receiving federal funding<\/a> by Health and Human Services for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Daszak &ldquo;lacks the present responsibility&rdquo; to participate in government-funded programs, the letter from HHS read.<\/p>\n<p>Sloppiness on the part of those in charge of the program placed the U.S. &mdash; and the the world &mdash; in an awkward and potentially dangerous situation. And it all could have been avoided if the terms of their contract had the proper safeguards built in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The USAID $210 million contract for PREDICT should have included contractual terms that required all samples, or at least copies of all samples, be transferred to and stored by a U.S. government facility,&rdquo; Rutgers University molecular biologist Richard Ebright told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The PREDICT grift did none of this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that many of the viruses stored at the lab in Wuhan were reportedly sampled with United States funding, they&rsquo;re still not available to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-university-alleges-biden-administration-launched-bad-faith-investigations\/\" title=\"Christian university claims Biden administration initiated &#039;unfair&#039; investigations.\">government agencies investigating<\/a> the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Did these mistakes &mdash; and omissions &mdash; lead to bad actors unleashing a bio-weapon upon the world stage? Why weren&rsquo;t obvious precautions taken to avoid such a contingency? Would taxpayers approve of unregulated viral research programs, in China, of all places?<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another example of USAID money being used for something that was not only a waste of resources, but could have a much deeper and nefarious level to it, given the content of these documents.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, these types of mistakes can plunge the entire globe into darkness, and a catastrophic Pandora&rsquo;s box will be opened &mdash; courtesy of our own tax dollars.<\/p>\n<p>That is, unless we learn from our mistakes, continue investigating similar cases, and shut down any funding or projects that aren&rsquo;t heavily regulated, and that prove &mdash; without question &mdash; the risks are well worth the rewards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This information was initially reported by the Daily Caller News Foundation, which obtained internal records through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The documents indicate that USAID funded the transfer of 11,000 samples from Yunnan Province-home to some of COVID-19&#8217;s closest known relatives-to Wuhan, the pandemic&#8217;s epicenter, without clear measures to prevent misuse or ensure U.S. access. The $210 million USAID public health initiative called PREDICT, managed by the University of California-Davis and collecting viral samples worldwide, reportedly lacked plans for long-term storage after funding ended in 2019. The referenced lab is the Wuhan Institute of Virology, often cited as a potential origin site for COVID-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2458043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lab-worker-with-vials.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58835,16381,58833,58834],"class_list":["post-2458042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-lack-of-oversight","tag-usaid","tag-viral-samples","tag-wuhan-lab-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lab-worker-with-vials.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458042","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458046,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458042\/revisions\/2458046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2458043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}