Hotez reportedly is denying that his NIH grant supported the project by Shi of Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The denials are false:
(1) Funding from NIH grant AI098775 is acknowledged in a research publication by research team led by Shi Zhengli of WIV (link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…)
The denials are false:
(1) Funding from NIH grant AI098775 is acknowledged in a research publication by research team led by Shi Zhengli of WIV (link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…)
(2) The Principal Investigator of NIH grant AI098775 is Hotez (reporter.nih.gov/search/WNMviEk…).
(3) The publication was reported to the NIH by Hotez as an outcome of his NIH grant and is listed as an outcome on the NIH website (reporter.nih.gov/search/CWfo81q…).
(4) When Hotez reported the publication to the NIJ, he certified that he was providing truthful information, subject to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties (era.nih.gov/erahelp/common…). 
The publication characterized rWIV1-SHC014S, an enhanced potential pandemic pathogen that efficiently replicates in human airway cells and exhibits 10,000x enhanced viral growth and 4x enhanced lethality in humanized mice (link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…; theintercept.com/document/2021/…).
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