They cut off the funding in 2014 to study this virus. Then in 2017 Frances Collins gave them their funding back. Shi Zhengli, known as China's “bat woman” for her virus-hunting expeditions in bat caves personally went into the Yunnnan caves to bring this virus out into the world. She said the virus is: "nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilised living habits". Then as a cover up Bejing said that the virus began in the bats at the Wuhan wet market. Which it did not, the virus is in the Bats that she found in the Yunnan caves.