{"id":1537375,"date":"2025-05-21T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1537375"},"modified":"2025-05-21T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:20:00","slug":"masked-nih-employees-storm-out-of-meeting-after-director-bhattacharya-questions-agencys-role-in-covid-19-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/masked-nih-employees-storm-out-of-meeting-after-director-bhattacharya-questions-agencys-role-in-covid-19-origins\/1537375\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked NIH Employees Storm Out Of Meeting After Director Bhattacharya Questions Agency’s Role In COVID-19 Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Masked NIH Employees Storm Out Of Meeting After Director Bhattacharya Questions Agency’s Role In COVID-19 Origins<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via American Greatness<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya<\/strong>, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), sparked a mass walkout of NIH employees after suggesting that COVID-19 may have originated from a Wuhan lab and that NIH helped fund it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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During a staff town hall meeting on Monday, Bhattacharya told NIH employees, \u201cIt\u2019s possible that the pandemic was caused by research conducted by human beings, and it\u2019s also possible that the NIH partly sponsored that research<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

That comment prompted dozens of NIH employees to walk out of the meeting.<\/p>\n

NEW: NIH Director @DrJBhattacharya<\/a> sparks mass walkout from NIH employees after suggesting COVID-19 may have originated from the Wuhan lab \u2014 and that NIH helped fund it.<\/p>\n

“It’s possible that the pandemic was caused by research conducted by human beings, and it’s also possible\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/r74gv0iqcw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

As the NIH employees, some wearing masks, stormed out of the meeting, Bhattacharya called after them, \u201cNice to have free speech. You\u2019re welcome, you guys.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhattacharya told the remaining employees, \u201cIf it\u2019s true that we sponsored research that caused the pandemic \u2014 and if you look at polls of the American people, that\u2019s what most people believe, and I\u2019ve looked at the scientific evidence and I believe it \u2014 [then] what we have to do is make sure that we don\u2019t engage in research that is any risk\u2026to human populations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. has faced growing scrutiny for the NIH\u2019s participation in controversial virus manipulation experiments<\/a> at the Wuhan Institute of Virology where the FBI and CIA both believe the COVID-19 virus originated.<\/p>\n

As the new director of NIH, Bhattacharya has also faced a $2.7 billion cut in funding from the federal government as well as the layoffs of more than 1,200 staff members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhattacharya has argued that the cuts are necessary since, \u201cThere\u2019s been a line of research supported by the NIH that I don\u2019t actually fundamentally believe is scientific and that is ideological in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new NIH director became well known during the pandemic for his support of the Great Barrington Declaration, which called for ending lockdowns for all but the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 05\/21\/2025 – 16:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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