Whether SARS2 product research , seems questionable policy farm high-risk research foreign labs using minimal safety precautions.And SARS2 virus indeed escape Wuhan institute , NIH find terrible position funded disastrous experiment led death 3 million worldwide , including half million citizens.The responsibility NIAID NIH even acute first three years grant EcoHealth Alliance moratorium funding gain-of-function research.When moratorium expired 2017 , ’ vanish replaced reporting system , Potential Pandemic Pathogens Control Oversight ( P3CO ) Framework , required agencies report review dangerous gain-of-function work wished fund.The moratorium , referred officially “ pause , ” specifically barred funding gain-of-function research increased pathogenicity flu , MERS SARS viruses .