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
available oh maybe we should consider lab leak theory, natural immunity. we never heard this messaging coming from you or anyone else who stood on the sidelines talking about these things. it left the american people with a tremendous distrust. i want to talk about the grant process. my understanding from your testimony says the nih process for rewarding grants research proposal goes to peer review committee to receive a priority score and goes to an advisory counsel for nih personnel and receives basically the group votes on it and then eventually ends up on your desk for signature, right? you said in that that sometimes, if i recall correctly, those grants are often approved in block, en masse when they are voted on and you sign off on them. that s correct. this is one of the things that s really troubling to the american people. they look at their lives being destroyed and there is no one to hold accountable because these