- CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE - U.S. Right to Know - Emily Kopp - MAY 5, 2023 -
Concerns about the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China’s first maximum-security lab, and bat coronaviruses had reached the highest levels of the U.S. national security apparatus by December 2017 — two years before COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan.
The National Security Council received a warning about the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) two years before the deadly coronavirus pandemic, according to an email obtained by U.S. Right to Know.
Concerns about China’s first maximum-security lab and bat coronaviruses had reached the highest levels of the U.S. national security apparatus by December 2017 — two years before COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan.
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Two U.S. Department of State cables described a shortage of safety training at the WIV and the danger posed by novel coronaviruses in 2018.
The cables outlined details about the shortage of adequately trained staff, WIV senior scientist Zhengli Shi’s rejected request to study coronaviruses at the highest biocontainment level, and the discovery of novel SARS-like bat coronaviruses that bind to human receptors.
The cables generated a public outcry after The Washington Post reported them in April 2020.
They also generated quiet astonishment within the State Department, according to emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The emails also show the apparent indignation of the official who authored the cables.
According to that official, whose name is redacted, the information had been communicated to the “NSC.”
“Too bad I couldn’t get anyone to listen even with front channel cables and letters from the Ambassador to the NSC,” the official wrote.
“NSC” refers to the White House’s National Security Council.