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==COVID-19 origins==
{{main|Investigations into the origin of COVID-19|COVID-19 lab leak theory}}
{{main|Investigations into the origin of COVID-19|COVID-19 lab leak theory}} Pavan NimalanEbright has stated that the genome and properties of [[SARS-CoV-2]] provide no basis to conclude the virus was engineered as a bioweapon,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=A. |date=January 29, 2020 |title=Experts debunk fringe theory linking China's coronavirus to weapons research |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/29/experts-debunk-fringe-theory-linking-chinas-coronavirus-weapons-research/}}</ref><ref name="WaPo20200217">{{Cite news |last=Firozi |first=P. |date=February 17, 2020 |title=Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus fringe theory that scientists have disputed |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotton-coronavirus-conspiracy/}}</ref> but he also has stated that the possibility that the virus entered humans through a laboratory accident cannot be dismissed and has called for a thorough investigation of the origin of the pandemic and for measures to reduce the risk of future pandemics.<ref name="CohenScienceJan2020">{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=J. |date=January 31, 2020 |title=Mining coronavirus genomes for clues to the outbreak's origins |work=Science |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/mining-coronavirus-genomes-clues-outbreak-s-origins}}</ref><ref name="WarrickWashPoMay2020">{{Cite news |last1=Warrick |first1=J. |last2=Nakashima |first2=E. |last3=Harris |first3=S. |last4=Fifield |first4=A. |date=May 1, 2020 |title=Chinese lab conducted extensive research on deadly bat viruses, but there is no evidence of accidental release |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/chinese-lab-conducted-extensive-research-on-deadly-bat-viruses-but-there-is-no-evidence-of-accidental-release/2020/04/30/3e5d12a0-8b0d-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html}}</ref><ref name="ZimmerNYTJune2021">{{Cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=C. |last2=Gorman |first2=J. |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Fight Over Covid's Origins Renews Debate on Risks of Lab Work |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/science/covid-lab-leak-wuhan.html?searchResultPosition=1}}</ref>
Ebright has accused [[NIAID]] director [[Anthony Fauci]], [[NIH]] director [[Francis Collins]] and deputy director [[Lawrence Tabak]] of "lying to the public", about their past and continuing denials of [[NIH]] funding having been utilized for [[gain-of-function]] experiments at the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schemmel |first1=Alec |title=NIH letter appears to conflict with Fauci, Collins claims about Wuhan lab |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/nih-letter-conflicts-with-fauci-collins-claims-about-wuhan-lab |access-date=9 November 2021 |date=21 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The repeated claim that Fauci lied to Congress about 'gain-of-function' research |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/29/repeated-claim-that-fauci-lied-congress-about-gain-of-function-research/ |access-date=9 November 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
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