Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure

Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure (cbs.com)

An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab.

Peter Daszak is a scientist whose work is helping in the search for a COVID-19 cure. So why did the president just cancel Daszak's funding? It's the kind of politics which might seem ill-advised in a health crisis. President Trump is blaming China's government for the pandemic. The outbreak was first detected in the city of Wuhan.

Submitted by mo2 on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 22:34