Some estimate as many as 15 million people died worldwide from CO 19. Publicly, Anthony Fauci promoted the theory that the virus arose naturally, while privately, he was well aware of a mountain of evidence suggesting the virus originated in the lab. The American people deserve answers. The American people deserve to know why dangerous research was funded by NIDA in a totalitarian country, in a lab that lacked acceptable safety standards. The decision to fund dangerous gain of function research in Wuhan, China will likely go down in history as perhaps one of the worst public health decisions.