DID WE LEARN NOTHING? NIH Funds Wuhan-Style Bat Lab at Colorado State University Colorado State University is establishing a “Bat Resource Center” funded by the NIH to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola and SARS-CoV-2. This facility will import and breed exotic bats for experiments involving deadly pathogens, including genetically modified coronaviruses and starvation protocols. Critics, including watchdog group White Coat Waste Project and Republican lawmakers, have raised alarms due to the lab’s similarity to controversial research in Wuhan and CSU’s past safety incidents.

• Colorado State University (CSU) is building a “Bat Resource Center” funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• The facility will import and breed exotic bats for experimentation with deadly pathogens like Ebola, Nipah, and coronaviruses.
• Experiments include genetically modifying coronaviruses, infecting bats, and implementing starvation protocols to study immune system responses.
• Watchdog group White Coat Waste Project uncovered documents detailing these experiments and CSU’s history of lab negligence.
• Republican lawmakers like Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Paul Gosar have criticized the NIH for funding this research.
• CSU previously partnered with EcoHealth Alliance, a group involved in the Wuhan gain-of-function controversy.