Thread by @KatherineEban

My latest @VanityFair story: on significant @NIH admission that the agency funded risky #coronavirus research by @EcoHealthNYC and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/n… /1

In July hearing, Fauci denied to @SenRandPaul such research took place: "I totally resent the lie you are propagating." @NIH spokesperson tells me Fauci had been "entirely truthful," and had not yet seen @EcoHealthNYC report spelling out that research. /2

Yet @EcoHealthNYC says it sent research data to @NIH in 2018. Pointing to reporting "irregularities," @DavidRelman tells me this is "another chapter in a sad tale of inadequate oversight, disregard for risk, and insensitivity to the importance of transparency." /3

Bottom line - drip-drip-drip of revelations re. USG investment in GoF research underscores relevance of @VanityFair reporting in June. Conflicts of interest continue to impede US investigation into #COVIDorigins. vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/t… /4

Thanks to @DavidRelman @Ayjchan @JamieMetzl @gdemaneuf and journalists @fastlerner and @maiahibbett whose work I cite. /5

Addendum: @EcoHealthNYC says they submitted all relevant data of their research w/ Wuhan Institute of Virology to @NIH in 2018, and sent me a video record of their submission.