Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, announced his resignation on Tuesday, just weeks after documents exposed that he made "Untruthful" comments about U.S. federal funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
"It has been an incredible privilege to lead this great agency for more than a decade," Collins said in a statement posted at the NIH website.
Just weeks before this announcement, Richard Ebright of Rutgers University accused Collins of making false public statements about National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which have since been proven to fund the study of "Chimeric SARS-related coronaviruses" which "Could infect human cells." Ebright said bluntly that Collins had not told the truth when asked about this research: "Assertions by the NIH Director, Francis Collins, and the NIAID Director, Anthony Fauci, that the NIH did not support gain-of-function research or potential pandemic pathogen enhancement at WIV are untruthful."
Appointed by President Obama in 2009, Francis Collins made history by becoming the longest-serving NIH director and one who also served in three administrations: Obama, Trump, and Biden.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Collins frequently appeared on television where he advocated for children wearing masks in schools while blaming unvaccinated Americans for the pandemic's continuation.
Speaking with Religion News Service in September, Collins advised religious Americans hesitant about the coronavirus vaccine to think of it as a miraculous answer to their prayers.
As Politico noted, Collins recently supported the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to limit booster shots for Americans 65 and older as well as other vulnerable demographics, which contradicted the Biden administration.
https://www.technocracy.news/nih-director-collins-resigns-over-gain-of-function-lies/
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