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The Wuhan lab (Pt 1): Mutant viruses and risky experiments

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The Wuhan Institute's Secret Program of Work Funded by the Chinese Military

US investigators have told us about a secret program of work funded by the Chinese military. They were taking an interest in whether coronaviruses could be used as a bioweapon. Xi Zhengli said the Wuhan Institute did not have the virus that causes Covid-19 in its lab and therefore it could not possibly have leaped. Peter Dajak denied the eco health related experiments were dangerous. The NIH said it has never approved any research that would make a coronavirus more dangerous to humans.

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