{"id":734620,"date":"2021-09-09T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=734620"},"modified":"2021-09-09T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:35:15","slug":"fauci-funded-wuhan-lab-viruses-exhibited-over-10000-times-higher-viral-load-than-natural-strain-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-funded-wuhan-lab-viruses-exhibited-over-10000-times-higher-viral-load-than-natural-strain-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci-Funded Wuhan Lab Viruses Exhibited Over 10,000 Times Higher Viral Load Than Natural Strain, Documents Show"},"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\">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%2Ffauci-funded-wuhan-lab-viruses-exhibited-over-10000-times-higher-viral-load-than-natural-strain-documents-show%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=734620&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. and Chinese researchers funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases created viruses in a Wuhan lab that exhibited over 10,000 times higher viral load in humanized mice, records released by the agency show.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rutgers University professor Richard Ebright said the data was a \u201cbona fide bombshell\u201d that proves the NIAID, under Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s leadership, violated federal policies, endangered the public and lied to the public.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauci testified before the Senate in June that his agency never funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. and Chinese researchers funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) created viruses in a Wuhan lab that exhibited over 10,000 times higher viral load in humanized mice than the natural virus they were based on, according to an infectious disease professor citing documents recently released by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance notified the NIAID in two reports that between June 2017 and May 2018 it had created three lab-generated chimeric SARS-related coronaviruses in China that exhibited \u201csignificantly higher\u201d viral loads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21055989-understanding-risk-bat-coronavirus-emergence-grant-notice\">documents<\/a> first reported by The Intercept show, but the agency continued to fund the project with taxpayer dollars without flagging it for review by an independent federal committee created in late 2017 to oversee gain-of-function research.<\/p>\n<p>Rutgers University professor Richard Ebright, a vocal opponent of gain-of-function research, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_H_Ebright\/status\/1435802902946189313\">said<\/a> the data was a \u201cbona fide bombshell\u201d that proves the NIAID, under Fauci\u2019s leadership, violated federal policies, endangered the public and lied to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree EcoHealth\/[Wuhan Institute of Virology] lab-generated viruses exhibited &gt;10x to &gt;10,000x higher viral load than the starting bat virus in humanized mice,\u201d Ebright tweeted. \u201cOne EcoHealth\/WIV lab-generated virus exhibited higher pathogenicity than the starting bat virus in infection studies with humanized mice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results demonstrate\u2013unequivocally\u2013a gain in function,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.341935483871\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The results demonstrate\u2013unequivocally\u2013a gain in function.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results, at least three EcoHealth\/WIV lab-generated chimeric viruses are reasonably anticipated\u2013by any rational standard\u2013to enhance transmissibliity or pathogenicity in humans<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_H_Ebright\/status\/1435803658268991490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In comparison, the viral load for people infected with the delta variant is roughly 1,000 times higher than those infected with the original strain of the virus, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-01986-w\">Nature<\/a> science journal.<\/p>\n<p>Ebright <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_H_Ebright\/status\/1435985543318233088\">added<\/a> on Twitter that the gain-of-function research activity that NIAID allowed EcoHealth Alliance to conduct in China could have yielded the virus that causes COVID-19 or a progenitor of that virus.<\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth Alliance first notified the NIAID it created the three lab-generated SARS-related coronaviruses in a progress report detailing its research activities between June 2017 and May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing the reverse genetic methods we previously developed, infectious clones with the WIV1 backbone and the spike protein of SHC014, WIV16 and Rs4231, respectively, were constructed and recombinant viruses were successfully rescued,\u201d the group said in its progress report. \u201c2 and 4 days post infection, the viral load in lung tissues of mice challenged with rWIV1-SHC014S, rWIV1-WIV16S and rWIV1-Rs4231S \u2026 were significantly higher than that in rWIV1-infected mice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results demonstrate varying pathogenicity of SARSr-CoVs with different spike proteins in humanized mice,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth Alliance included a chart visualizing the increased viral load of their lab-created viruses. The chart is presented in a Log scale, meaning each tic of the graph represents a 100-fold increase in viral load in mice with humanized cells, Ebright explained to the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7279266\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7279266\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7279266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4.jpg 855w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-259x120.jpg 259w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-620x287.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-1536x711.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-2048x948.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-88x40.jpg 88w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-progress-report-year-4-70x33.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7279266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charts submitted by EcoHealth Alliance to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases showing loss of body weight (right) and viral load (left) of mice with humanized cells infected with the natural WIV1 viral strain and three EcoHealth lab-created virus strains. The viral load chart is presented in Log scale, meaning each tic of the graph represents a 100-fold increase in viral load, Rutgers University professor Richard Ebright explained to the DCNF. (Screenshot)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEach tick in the chart on the right represents an increment of 100x,\u201d Ebright told the DCNF. \u201cThe day 4 data show greater-than-10,000x higher viral loads for the lab-generated viruses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The viral load for humanized mice infected with the natural virus caught up with the lab-created strains by the end of the experiment, the chart shows, but Ebright said that viral loads in the early stages of an infection are important figures to consider when assessing a pathogen\u2019s transmissibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of assessing potential for transmissibility, the viral load at all time points, particularly at early time points, is relevant. (See Delta variant),\u201d Ebright told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth Alliance provided another chart in its progress report showing that humanized mice infected with EcoHealth\u2019s lab-created viruses lost more bodyweight than humanized mice infected with the natural WIV1 strain.<\/p>\n<p>EcoHealth Alliance included the same two charts in a 2018 request to the NIAID requesting additional funding for its research in China, the document trove released by <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/09\/06\/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab\/\">The Intercept<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>Federal funding for gain-of-function experiments that increase the transmissibility or pathogenicity of potential pandemic pathogens was temporarily suspended in 2014 due to widespread scientific concerns it risked leaking supercharged viruses into the human population.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for gain-of-function research was resumed in late 2017, but only for projects that went through the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phe.gov\/s3\/dualuse\/documents\/p3co.pdf\">Potential Pandemic Pathogens Control and Oversight<\/a> (P3CO) Framework, which includes a review by an HHS review board tasked with critically evaluating whether grants that involve enhancing dangerous pathogens, such as coronaviruses, are worth the risks and that proper safeguards are in place.<\/p>\n<p>The NIAID opted not to flag the EcoHealth Alliance grant for P3CO after determining on its own accord that the project \u201cdid not involve the enhancement of the pathogenicity or transmissibility of the viruses studied,\u201d a National Institutes of Health spokesperson previously told the DCNF. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/04\/nih-gain-of-function-anthony-fauci-review-board-wuhan-lab\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp; US Grant To Wuhan Lab To Enhance Bat-Based Coronaviruses Was Never Scrutinized By HHS Review Board, NIH Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fauci said during a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2MndwrOzDvo\">congressional hearing<\/a> in May that the NIH and NIAID \u201ccategorically has not funded gain-of-function research to be conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,\u201d a claim that led Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/22\/rand-paul-anthony-fauci-doj-criminal-referral\/\">Rand Paul<\/a> of Kentucky in July to send a criminal referral to the Department of Justice to investigate whether Fauci lied before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The P3CO framework <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phe.gov\/s3\/dualuse\/documents\/p3co.pdf\">defines<\/a> an \u201cenhanced\u201d potential pandemic pathogen as any lab-created virus that exhibits any level of boosted transmissibility and\/or virulence. Funding agencies such as the NIAID are required to flag any research grant that is \u201creasonably anticipated to create, transfer, or use enhanced PPPs\u201d for P3CO review.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, documents released by The Intercept suggest that the NIAID authorized EcoHealth Alliance to conduct gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses up to a certain threshold.<\/p>\n<p>The NIAID informed EcoHealth Alliance in a June 2018 award notice that it must notify the agency only if it creates a virus \u201cwith enhanced growth by more than [10 times] compared to wild type strains,\u201d according to documents released by The Intercept. The NIAID linked to the P3CO review process, which contains no such mention of a 10 times allowance, in the very next sentence, the document shows.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7279338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7279338\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7279338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice.jpg 816w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice-223x120.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice-620x333.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice-1536x826.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ecohealth-niaid-notice-2048x1101.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7279338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIAID notice to EcoHealth Alliance in June 2018 saying it must notify the agency only if it produces a lab virus that exhibits more than 10 times enhancement over wild-type strains. (Screenshot)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An NIH spokesperson told the DCNF the agency \u201cnever approved any research that would make a coronavirus more dangerous to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research we supported in China, where coronaviruses are prevalent, sought to understand the behavior of coronaviruses circulating in bats that have the potential to cause widespread disease,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThe body of science produced by this research demonstrates that the bat coronavirus sequences published from that work NIH supported were not SARS-CoV-2. More importantly, because of similar research to understand coronaviruses, we were able to move swiftly to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 and save lives.\u201d<\/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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