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On January 9, 2017, eleven days before Obama left office. the Obama White House lifted a ban on funding gain-of-function research and weaponization of the bat [[coronavirus]] at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, making 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> Two days later Fauci made a presentation at Georgetown University stating that there is “no doubt” Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak during his presidency.<ref>https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20170111/fauci-no-doubt-trump-will-face-surprise-infectious-disease-outbreak</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=285342982614327</ref> Biden chief of staff Ron Klain was also in attendance.
In June 2021 it was revealed that Dr. [[Anthony Fauci]] approved a grant for [[gain of function]] research to the [[Wuhan Institute of Virology]] (WIV). The grant was not approved by a mandatory oversight board.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hhs-board-never-approved-wuhan-institute-of-virology-research-grant/</ref> Fauci was informed on February 1, 2020 that the covid virus was manufactured in the WIV laboratory. Fauci did not inform the president of the United States, nor anyone in the [[Department of Health and Human Services]] or the [[Center for Disease Control]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/03/fauci-email-dump-illustrates-a-dismissive-physician-who-rose-to-fame-to-cover-his-own-scandal/</ref> Fauci instead huddled with a group of virologists who receive grant money from Fauci and work outside government, who then on in turn wrote papers and issued public statements saying the virus did not originate in a lab.<ref> https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/14/dr-faucis-emails-tell-the-story-of-panic-lies-and-a-possible-cover-up/</ref> Despite the public's loss of confidence in Fauci at precisely the moment the [[Delta variant]] of the coronavirus became a concern,<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/how-americans-opinion-dr-anthony-fauci-has-changed-over-past-year-1596690</ref> Biden never asked for Fauci's resignation.
In June 2021 the junta undertook to repeal Title 42, a Centers for Disease Control-directed law that gives the federal government broad authority to restrict migrants from entering the country in the case of pandemics. The number of illegal migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 increased by roughly 340% between March 2021 and May 2021.<ref> https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/dem-officials-border-city-say-biden-immigration-policy-poses-covid-threat/</ref>
