“At least 15 federal agencies knew from the beginning of the pandemic that EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology were seeking federal funding in 2018 to create a virus genetically very similar if not identical to COVID-19,” informs Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) “Disturbingly, not one of these 15 agencies spoke up to warn us that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been pitching this research.”
According to information on the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security page, foreknowledge of the gain-of-function research program that led to the development of SARS-Cov-2 may have been rather widespread:
“Despite at least fifteen federal agencies having knowledge of the DEFUSE project in 2018,” the page continues, “its existence was not revealed to the public until 2021 and the involvement of NIH Rocky Mountain Lab in the initial proposal has never been previously disclosed. Dr. Paul expressed that the failure of these agencies to disclose their awareness of the risky research proposed in the DEFUSE project raises serious concerns.”
This reminds Common Sense of a catchphrase of the Watergate era: “What did the president know, and when did he know it?” But in 2020, the U.S. President was kept in the dark about the origin of the novel coronavirus — as was the American public. But a whole lot of members of the Administrative State knew a whole lot that they did not let on.
Who knew about the U.S.-subsidized origin of the Wuhan Institute-created virus, and when did they know it?
Past coverage of the origin of the “novel coronavirus” here at Common Sense is extensive, but these four articles might be a place to start:
- Twelve Monkeys in Charge? (June 18, 2020)
- Lab Rats (March 31, 2021)
- Lab Rats II: The Conspiracy (April 6, 2021)
- Lab Rats III: Doubling Down on Danger (April 7, 2021)
1 reply on “So, How Many U.S. Agencies Knew of the China-built Coronavirus in Advance? Fifteen?!?!”
Well, I guess that a second edition of Dr Paul’s book is to be expected.