Emails show that Dr. Anthony Fauci knew his agency was funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan.

From National Review. Despite his claims to the contrary, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, knew by January 2020 that his agency was funding gain-of-function research of novel coronaviruses in Wuhan, China.

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A newly released email obtained by the investigative public-health non-profit U.S. Right to Know revealed that Fauci knew the extent of the Chinese coronavirus research before the pandemic broke out in the U.S.

In a January 27, 2020, email, Fauci received talking points from an aide regarding Wuhan Institute of Virology research that was being funded by the disease division of the National Institutes of Health. The former chief medical adviser to the president then spoke about Covid-19 at a press conference later that evening.

The NIAID funded the gain-of-function research through the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance. …

“EcoHealth group (Peter Daszak et al), has for years been among the biggest players in coronavirus work, also in collaboration with Ralph Baric, Ian Lipkin and others,” Fauci’s chief of staff Greg Folkers wrote to his boss and other public health officials. …

Folkers did not explicitly mention gain-of-function research, but he did note the novel coronaviruses did “cause SARS-like disease in humanized mouse models.” …

Gain-of-function research refers to making viruses more infectious or deadly for study in a laboratory.

Fauci played semantic games around the definition of “gain-of-function research” during multiple hearing exchanges with Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.). …

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(Excerpt from National Review. Photo Credit: Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)