By Adam Turner
Scientists at one lab reported a âlack of modern biosafety equipmentâ as well as using âlethal microbes that in the West would be locked away in high-containment laboratories,â but were not secured. If labs in foreign countries testing dangerous pathogens using U.S. taxpayer funds sounds familiar, youâve been paying attention. The need for answers over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have gotten more urgent as weâve learned more from communications of senior officials closest to the issue trying to suppress any genuine scrutiny.
Subsequent congressional oversight into the issue has only just begun and may trigger a broader reassessment of the U.S. governmentâs approach to research commonly known as GOF. Some of the biggest recipients of this funding, like EcoHealth Alliance, deserve an equal level of oversight and investigation…