Claim: Republicans say a letter from a National Institutes of Health official is an admission that the agency funded so-called gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in China, with some falsely linking the work to the pandemic coronavirus. But the research, which the NIH maintains is not gain-of-function, could not have led to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Fact-check: Republicans Spin NIH Letter About Coronavirus Gain-of-Function Research - FactCheck.org
Verdict: republicans say a letter from a national institutes of health official is an admission that the agency funded so-called gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in china, with some falsely linking the work to the pandemic coronavirus. but the research, which the nih maintains is not gain-of-function, could not have led to sars-cov-2, the virus that causes covid-19.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jessica Mcdonald
Date published: 2021-10-26T22:29:51