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The SARS-CoV-2 virus did not occur in nature.<ref>https://www.heraldopenaccess.us/openaccess/coronavirus-is-a-biological-warfare-weapon</ref> Its [[genome]] was "inconsistent with evolutionary theory."<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202100015</ref> On January 9, 2017, the [[Obama]] White House Office of Science and Technology Policy restored funding for gain-of-function research to the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] for research on the bat [[coronavirus]] to make the virus transmissible to humans.<ref>https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight</ref><ref>https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/documents/p3co-finalguidancestatement.pdf</ref> The funds were administered by Dr. [[Anthony Fauci]],<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2021/05/13/dr-fauci-saying-the-nih-never-funded-gain-of-function-research-at-the-wuhan-lab-is-evasive-at-best-n1446170</ref> the chief medical advisor to the [[president]]. <ref>https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/director</ref> Fauci extended the funds,<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/17/infamous-wuhan-lab-authorized-to-receive-us-taxpayer-funding-nih-confirms/</ref> but did not gain approval from a mandatory [[Department of Health and Human Services]] review board as required first.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hhs-board-never-approved-wuhan-institute-of-virology-research-grant/</ref>