Fact-check: “Anthony Fauci funded Gain of Function research at the Wuhan labs in China.”
Verdict: Misleading (55% confidence)
The documented record confirms that NIAID, under Fauci's leadership, awarded grants to EcoHealth Alliance, which in turn issued subawards to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for bat coronavirus research. Whether that work constitutes 'gain-of-function' research under the applicable federal definitions is the core dispute: Fauci repeatedly testified it did not meet the definition, while congressional Republicans and a 2021 NIH letter identified at least some of the experiments as potentially meet…
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