Wuhan Scientists Genetically Manipulated Coronavirus

Chinese scientists manipulated lethal viruses under unsafe conditions at the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the coronavirus outbreak, fueling suspicions the pandemic was caused by a lab leak, according to a new congressional report.

The Wuhan lab was engaged in "Dangerous genetic modification research on coronaviruses at unsafe biosafety levels," according to the report, authored by the minority staff on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Congressional investigators say researchers at the lab "Had the ability to genetically modify coronaviruses as early as 2016 without leaving any trace of that modification."

Congressional investigators say Wuhan researchers sounded alarms on the safety of lab environments in China in medical journals well before the virus emerged.

In 2016, French defense officials voiced concern that labs in Wuhan would be used by China for military purposes.

Daszak's organization worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology on gain-of-function research, but the scientist later spearheaded efforts to suppress suspicions of a lab leak through letters drafted by scientists and public interviews.

In July the Washington Free Beacon reported that three of the scientists who appeared on the first set of letters denying the lab leak theory dropped their names from another document released that month, revealing a weakening scientific consensus that the coronavirus came from natural sources.
 

https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/wuhan-scientists-genetically-manipulated-coronavirus-congressional-report-says/