US funded 'mutant virus' research at Wuhan lab before COVID-19 outbreak

The EcoHealth Alliance used US tax dollars to research "mutant viruses" during its work with the Wuhan lab in China, according to federal grant applications obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. The documents suggest that US funding for mutant virus, gain-of-function research may have been responsible for the emergence of the COVID pandemic in Wuhan. The EcoHealth Alliance denies conducting gain-of-function research, and the NIH never approved any research that would make a coronavirus more dangerous to humans, according to an agency spokesperson.