regarding the grant termination. does that violate policy? it was inappropriate for him to go doing that for a grantee as a conflict of interest, among other things. on march 29, 2021, dr. morens edited a letter that dr. das yak was sending to nih. does that violate policy? yes. he provided him with advice regarding how to mislead nih on eco health s late progress report. does that violate policy? it was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy. on december 7th, 2021, dr. morens wrote to the chair of eco health s board of directors to quote put in a word, end quote, for the doctor. does that violate policy? should not have done that. that was wrong. it violates policy. i m not sure of a specific policy. i imagine it does. he should not have been doing that. in addition to all those actions dr. morens wrote to the doctor peter from tony s recent comments to me they are trying to protect you, end quote. did you ever talk to dr. morens about dr. daczak and e
intimidation, hate speech, threats of violence and death threats that their members faced during the pandemic. i will ask to insert the letter but i wanted to make the point before i close, mr. chairman, as many as 40% of public health workers have been bullied, threatened, or harassed. i think we all need to take that on as a public health issue and ask to enter the letter into the record and yield back. without objection. now recognize ms. lesco from arizona. dr. fauci, did the national institute of health fund the potentially dangerous enhanced potential pandemic pathogens gain of function resurge at the wuhan institute of virology? i would not characterize it the way you did. the national institutes of health, through a sub award to the wuhan institute of virology,