NIH director confirms agency hid early COVID genes at request of Chinese scientists

Original Article Posted By: [Imright](/members/44943/imright.html) , 5/12/2022 5:19:34 AM National Institutes of Health acting director Lawrence Tabak confirmed to lawmakers Wednesday that US health officials concealed early genomic sequences of COVID-19 at the request of Chinese scientists — but insisted the data remains on file.Tabak told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the NIH "eliminated from public view" the data from the pandemic epicenter in Wuhan, China, before adding that researchers can still access it via an archaic "tape drive."Vanity Fair recently reported that the information was hidden in response to a request from Chinese scientists, despite potentially resolving whether the…