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This is basically the same thing Elon Musk has been claiming for a few weeks now although he is slightly more specific in blaming Democrats/Fauci for creating Covid-19.

Have these tech billionaires always been far-right conspiracy theorists or did something happen in the past few years to radicalize them?

It is common knowledge that the US was doing GoF research in Wuhan.

Is every uncomfortable reality now a far right conspiracy theory?

The proposal, named Project Defuse, was rejected by DARPA over safety concerns and the notion that it violates the gain of function research moratorium.

So the tweet saying it was funded it wrong.

> So the tweet saying it was funded it wrong.

In Major Shift, NIH Admits Funding Risky Virus Research in Wuhan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-r...

NIH Admits to Funding Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan, Says EcoHealth Violated Reporting Requirements https://news.yahoo.com/nih-admits-funding-gain-function-1251...

Project Veritas he uses as a source is far right organization that fakes documents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe

Reality is here and it's not like that at all. Reality is watered down and muddy.

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-says-grantee-fai...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02903-x

https://www.bbc.com/news/57932699

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