Fauci-Run Montana Lab Conducted Experiments with Wuhan Coronavirus Strain Over a Year Before Global Outbreak?

An investigation has revealed that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), led at the time by the disgraced former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci, conducted experiments involving a ‘SARS-like’ virus known as WIV1. 

These tests were conducted in a Montana lab in 2018, more than a year before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe. 

The NIH experiment involved infecting 12 Egyptian fruit bats with a “SARS-like” virus called WIV1. The bats used in the experiment were acquired from a ‘roadside’ Maryland zoo. 

On the third, seventh, and twenty-eighth days of the experiment, four bats were euthanized, and various organs—including their hearts, livers, kidneys, spleens, bladders, reproductive systems, eyes, and brains—were harvested for examination. In addition, the scientists conducted tests on the white blood cell counts and antibodies of the bats. 

The research team concluded that the WIV1-coronavirus failed to induce a ‘strong infection,’ noting only minimal signs of viral replication. The research – revealed this week by a campaign group – determined the novel virus could not cause a ‘robust infection’. 

But the research is more evidence of ties between the US government and the Wuhan lab, as well as the funding of dangerous virus research across the globe. 

The paper – SARS-Like Coronavirus WIV1-CoV Does Not Replicate in Egyptian Fruit Bats – was published in the journal Viruses in 2018. The study was first flagged by DRASTIC, a group of internet activists who investigate the origins of Covid-19 and the lab leak theory. 

The group White Coat Waste Project is now using the Freedom of Information Act to request more details about the experiment. 

The White Coat Waste Project is a watchdog that has been fighting to stop sending American tax dollars overseas to fund dangerous virus research.

GRTWT.