The proximity between the alleged origin of the coronavirus - the Wuhan wet market - and the Institute of Virology in the same city was initially pointed out as an absolute coincidence. However, we later confirmed that Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funneled money to that Institute in Wuhan after manipulations of coronavirus pathogens were considered too dangerous to be carried out in local labs. The scandal would end there if it weren't for the fact that Dr. Fauci, the CDC and an epidemiologist named Ralph Baric own different patents on detection, manipulation and therapeutic interventions related to different coronaviruses, which even predate the first SARS-CoV outbreak in 2002.

Catherine Dumont is an author and historian. Named as Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, her research interests include the construction of racial identity and class structures.