NIH funded gain-of-function research into coronaviruses in Wuhan via grants issued to EcoHealth Alliance. Which, even if you do not think lab leak theory is likely, is extremely reckless and incompetent.

So, at best, they're funding illegal research. At worst, their research inadvertently led to millions of deaths and trillions in economic damage.

Exactly how many grants are necessary to make up for that, and why would you trust the agency issuing grants for illegal research to manage such a program?