US Taxpayers Funding Helped Accelerate Coronavirus Evolution in Wuhan Lab, Report Finds

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19 while researching how to make the virus more infectious.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology and a branch of the Chinese military both received over $2 million in US taxpayer funds between 2014 to 2021 to conduct coronavirus research.
The funding likely exceeds $2 million since awards under $30,000 don't need to be reported.
The lab leak theory is the most likely explanation for how the COVID-19 pandemic began according to US intelligence agencies.
Gain-of-function research funded by the research aims to increase the infectiousness and deadliness of viruses but has little practical purpose or oversight.