It turns out that a researcher who was ridiculing the new coronavirus artificial theory was seeking a subsidy for 'research on creating coronavirus derived from bats'

The origin of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is still unclear, and both the theory that it was 'caused by a natural viral mutation' and the theory that it was 'artificially produced' are possible. I can think of it. The latter theory of 'artificially created' was once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, but it has been re-examined in 2021. Meanwhile, a researcher who directly denied the theory that it was 'artificially produced' said, 'Creating an infectious bat-derived coronavirus at a research facility' and 'Infecting human cells with the virus.' The leak document revealed that it had proposed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) a grant for a project that mentioned 'inserting genetic features to facilitate'.

Leaked Grant Proposal Details High-Risk Coronavirus Research
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/

The Lab-Leak Debate Just Got Even Messier --The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/lab-leak-pandemic-origins-even-messier/620209/

Regarding the new coronavirus, there was a claim from the beginning that it was 'artificially made at a research facility in Wuhan, China', while many researchers said, 'The genetic mutation of the new coronavirus is natural. occur in evolutionary mutation and the match can be seen as being ' has been refuted . Over time, this 'Wuhan Institute outflow theory' came to be regarded as one of the conspiracy theories, but in 2021, it was decided to re-examine the Wuhan Institute outflow theory again at Chicago University. Eighteen scientists from research institutes such as the University of California and Harvard University requested it in the major academic journal Science.

What is the battle until the new corona virus 'Wuhan Institute outflow theory' moves the world? --GIGAZINE

However, although the investigation was conducted, there was no evidence to support the theory that the Wuhan Institute was leaked, and on September 26, 2021, the task force of scientists investigating the origin of the new coronavirus was announced to be dissolved.

News sites The Intercept and The Atlantic had a project to 'mitigate the threat of bat-derived coronavirus' in a grant proposal submitted to DARPA in 2018 on September 24, two days before the announcement of the dissolution of the task force. I am reporting that. (PDF file) The leaked document mentioned creating an infectious bat-derived coronavirus at a research facility and inserting genetic features that make the virus more susceptible to human cells. This proposal was submitted by Peter Dazak, the representative of the eco-health alliance , a non-profit organization known as the person who compiled the 'Statement Denying the Leakage Theory of the Wuhan Institute' published in Lancet in February 2020. However, the Ecohealth Alliance and Dazak have not responded to The Atlantic's request for comment.

The document was leaked by a private research group 'DRASTIC', and some people doubt the truth of the leaked document, saying 'I think the story is too much.' However, The Atlantic has confirmed that the proposal, including the identification number of the leaked document and the name of the researcher, was actually submitted to DARPA in 2018. No subsidy was paid for this proposal.

It seems astonishing to me --is it real? I think if anyone wanted to discredit DRASTIC they would fake something like that and get them to publish it.

— The Leopard In The Basement Is A Sensible Name (@tlitb) September 21, 2021

The Intercept and The Atlantic emphasize that 'the existence of the leaked document does not support the Wuhan Institute outflow theory.' DARPA has rejected the grant, as Chinese research facilities rarely take over and carry out research that was not subsidized in the United States. On the other hand, the fact that such research and experiments may have been planned and put into practice once raises great concern.

One of the arguments of those who support the Wuhan Institute outflow theory is that 'The new coronavirus has an amino acid sequence that is a target for cleaving furin protease, RRAR, which is not found in other SARS-related coronaviruses.' It has been done. ' In response, several scientists have criticized 2021 that 'gene manipulation of furin is complex and there is no logical reason to perform such unnecessarily complex work for viral genetic manipulation.' It was announced on September 16, 2014. However, in the leaked document, researchers mention 'the process of finding new furin cleavage sites for bat-derived coronaviruses and inserting them into laboratory SARS-related viruses', 'for no logical reason. It is suggested that the work was actually planned.

The Atlantic said the leak document did not support the legitimacy of the Wuhan Institute leak theory, and Dazak ridiculed the possibility of bioengineering of the new corona virus, and the virus was artificially created in a scientific journal. He kept the discussion away by publishing a document denying the possibility that it was done, and pointed out that 'the fact that a sincere investigation was not conducted' complicated the situation.