{"id":430855,"date":"2021-04-16T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430855"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:05:21","slug":"lawmakers-ask-for-details-from-american-scientists-who-studied-bat-coronaviruses-in-wuhan-before-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-ask-for-details-from-american-scientists-who-studied-bat-coronaviruses-in-wuhan-before-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Ask For Details From American Scientists Who Studied Bat Coronaviruses In Wuhan Before The Pandemic"},"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\">32<\/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%2Flawmakers-ask-for-details-from-american-scientists-who-studied-bat-coronaviruses-in-wuhan-before-the-pandemic%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=430855&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><\/div>\n<p>A U.S.-based group that conducts bat coronavirus research in China was asked Friday to provide a House committee with information on virus samples and safety protocols at a Wuhan lab.<\/p>\n<p>The group, the EcoHealth Alliance, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which is central in speculation that COVID-19 may have leaked accidentally from a lab. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/09\/lab-leak-theory-evidence-criticism-world-health-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s Why The Lab Leak Theory Shouldn\u2019t Be Dismissed)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth Alliance \u201chas an extensive history with research into bat coronaviruses in China, some of which are presumed progenitors of SARS CoV-2,\u201d according to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-energycommerce.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EcoHealth-Alliance-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter is signed by ranking member Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state and the Republican leaders of two subcommittees.<\/p>\n<p>The committee requested information EcoHealth Alliance has on WIV\u2019s virus samples and sequences, including any from a related database that was taken offline in 2019. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/anthony-fauci-nih-virus-research-gain-of-function-wuhan-covid-josh-rogin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Godfather Of Gain Of Function\u2019: WaPo Columnist Lays Out Fauci\u2019s Possible Role In Wuhan Lab)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe database is administered by the WIV\u2019s researcher Dr. Shi Zhengli, with whom you and your team have had professional and financial ties since at least 2003,\u201d the letter said. \u201cThe database is estimated to contain 500 coronaviruses identified by EcoHealth Alliance, and at least 100 unpublished sequences of bat beta coronaviruses that are relevant to the investigation of the SARS-CoV-2 origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A World Health Organization-led team <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/reasons-skeptical-who-report-china-covid-coronavirus-pandemic-world-health-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a report<\/a> in March on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, but the team was denied access to important data.<\/p>\n<p>As a condition of its NIH funding, EcoHealth Alliance is responsible for ensuring the WIV met the agency\u2019s grant requirements, according to the House Republicans\u2019 letter. EcoHealth is asked for any \u201cdirect or indirect knowledge when safety protocols were not followed\u201d at the lab.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also asks what EcoHealth Alliance knows about \u201ca Chinese national security review team finding in 2019 that the WIV did not meet national standards in five categories and when or if those standards were met before 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It requests copies of the group\u2019s NIH grant applications that were reviewed for their risk of creating a pandemic. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/04\/nih-gain-of-function-anthony-fauci-review-board-wuhan-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: US Grant To Wuhan Lab To Enhance Bat-Based Coronaviruses Was Never Scrutinized By HHS Review Board, NIH Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter requests the information by May 17 and a briefing to the committee\u2019s minority staff.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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